Burning for sustainable behaviour

For many products there is a substantial potential for reducing environmental impacts by altering the way people interact with them. The current work investigates the potential for improving the way people interact with woodstoves, thereby reducing the environmental impact resulting from burning fir...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Design Research (JDR) 2016, Vol.14 (1), p.42-65
Main Authors: Daae, Johannes Ludvig Zachrisson, Goile, Franziska, Seljeskog, Morten, Boks, Casper
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Combustion
Design improvements
Emission analysis
Emittance
Environmental impact
Environmental monitoring
Prototypes
Sustainability
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:For many products there is a substantial potential for reducing environmental impacts by altering the way people interact with them. The current work investigates the potential for improving the way people interact with woodstoves, thereby reducing the environmental impact resulting from burning firewood, by adjusting the design of the woodstove. This paper describes a complete user centred design for sustainable behaviour process, from initial ethnographic studies, through the design process, to a comparative testing of a prototype and a regular woodstove, monitoring emissions and user behaviour. The test indicates that the prototype is used much more in line with the recommendations and emits fewer fine particles than the conventional stove.
ISSN:1748-3050
1569-1551
DOI:10.1504/JDR.2016.074784