Mental model interface design: putting users in control of home heating

Revell, Kirsten M. A.; Stanton, Neville A.

doi:10.1080/09613218.2017.1377518

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“…While it is possible to conceptualize control as related to the level of automation or technical control systems in a building, it can also take on a broader meaning with regard to the behavior, beliefs, or perceptions of occupants in the system. [29]. Building interfaces can offer occupants a variety of opportunities to directly or indirectly control the indoor environment with varying levels of automation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The authors found that interfaces that visually represented actual system components of the physical HVAC system led to a more accurate understanding of how control actions affected the occupants' environment. This understanding of the system improved occupants' control over the system to meet various comfort-related goals [29] Perry et al [98] recommended a need for user-based testing to ensure PT's can be operated successfully.…”

Section: Rq3: How Can Interface Design and Usability Be Improved To "mentioning

confidence: 99%

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A review of select human-building interfaces and their relationship to human behavior, energy use and occupant comfort

Day

McIlvennie

Brackley

et al. 2020

Building and Environment

103

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In recent years, research has emerged to quantitatively and qualitatively understand occupants' interactions with buildings. However, there has been surprisingly little research on building interfaces and how their design, context (e.g., location), and underlying logic impact their usability and occupants' perceived control, as well as the resulting comfort and energy performance. Research is needed to better understand how occupants interact with building interfaces in both commercial and residential applications; both applications are important to address as there are many differences in interface types, level of control and understanding, and even expectations of engagement. This paper provides a cursory review and discussion of select common building interfaces: windows, window shades/blinds, thermostats, and lighting controls. The goal of this paper is to review literature related to these human-building interfaces to explore interface characteristics, current design and use challenges, and relationships between building interfaces and occupants. Human-building interface interactions are complex, more research is needed to understand design, use, and characteristics. Common themes emerged throughout the literature review to explain occupant interactions (or lack of interactions) with building interfaces, which included thermal and visual comfort, ease and access of control, interface/control placement, poor interface/control design, lack of understanding, and social-behavioral dynamics.

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Section: Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rq3: How Can Interface Design and Usability Be Improved To "mentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of select human-building interfaces and their relationship to human behavior, energy use and occupant comfort

Day

McIlvennie

Brackley

et al. 2020

Building and Environment

103

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“…The design of novel interfaces to encourage a greater awareness of energy usage is not novel, and has been significantly pursued in previous research to reduce both household energy usage (Jain, Taylor, & Peschiera, 2012;Revell & Stanton, 2018) and in-vehicle energy usage whilst driving (Jamson, Hibberd, & Merat, 2013;McIlroy, Stanton, Godwin & Wood, 2017). Attari, DeKay, Davidson, and De Bruin (2010) propose that such devices can be successful at changing behaviour as users are fundamentally unaware of their energy use and how their actions contribute to overall energy use, as a consequence, users are unaware how they can modify their behaviour to be more energy efficient.…”

Section: Vehicle Fuel Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Ideation using the “Design with Intent” toolkit: A case study applying a design toolkit to support creativity in developing vehicle interfaces for fuel-efficient driving

Allison

Stanton

2020

Applied Ergonomics

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Everyday driving is a significant source of greenhouse gases and pollutants within developed nations. Finding ways to combat these emissions and minimise the impact of anthropometric climate change is a growing challenge for all research disciplines. This current paper explores the use of a design toolkit "Design with Intent" to generate ideas for in-vehicle interfaces designed to reduce fuel use and emissions. A preliminary interface validation assessment is also presented in order to assess whether the ideas generated were appropriate in encouraging behavioural change and of potential value. It is suggested that whilst further evaluation of the interfaces are required, the use of the "Design with Intent" toolkit facilitated the creative process, allowing engineers to conceive initial interface designs in a creative manner.

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“…This call is supported by findings in the literature: In 2018, Revell and Stanton tested three hypotheses related to the idea that home-heating interfaces that are designed to promote appropriate mental models can help users achieve their home-heating goals [8]. During their study, twenty matched pairs of participants were asked to solve a series of tasks in a homeheating simulator using either a novel (mental model-based) or traditional interface.…”

Section: Why Focus On Home Heating Systems?mentioning

confidence: 92%

When Mental Models Grow (C)old: A Cognitive Perspective on Home Heating Automation

Bremer

Albrecht²,

Brush³

et al. 2020

IEEE Pervasive Comput.

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Mental model interface design: putting users in control of home heating

Cited by 17 publications

References 31 publications

A review of select human-building interfaces and their relationship to human behavior, energy use and occupant comfort

A review of select human-building interfaces and their relationship to human behavior, energy use and occupant comfort

Ideation using the “Design with Intent” toolkit: A case study applying a design toolkit to support creativity in developing vehicle interfaces for fuel-efficient driving

When Mental Models Grow (C)old: A Cognitive Perspective on Home Heating Automation

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