Influencing energy and water use within a home system of practice

摘要: Abstract Approaches that attempt to influence resource use in the home often consider building system alone, without due consideration of occupants and their practices. However, interact with technology ultimately affect energy water metabolism home. This research used an explanatory design mixed method approach investigate eight homes over a two-year period, before after intervention based on persuasive behaviour change. Each was considered as practice results were analysed terms overall reduction, changes made systems. It revealed five succeeded reducing through two years. Most achieved affecting element practice. Automation shown enable dis-interlocking practices from aligned interlocked routines can be effective solution