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Social barriers to the adoption of smart homes
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In this paper, the authors explore social barriers to the adoption of smart homes through the analysis of expert views and public attitudes, including how these vary by expertise, life-stage and location.About:
This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 466 citations till now.read more
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Older Adults' Reasons for Using Technology while Aging in Place
Sebastiaan Theodorus Michaël Peek,Katrien Luijkx,M. D. Rijnaard,M.E. Nieboer,Claire van der Voort,Sil Aarts,Joost van Hoof,Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef,Eveline Wouters +8 more
TL;DR: The level of technology use in the context of aging in place is influenced by six major themes: challenges in the domain of independent living; behavioral options; personal thoughts on technology use; influence of the social network; Influence of organizations, and the role of the physical environment.
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Keeping energy visible? Exploring how householders interact with feedback from smart energy monitors in the longer term
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on how, over a 12-month period, UK householders interacted with feedback on their domestic electricity consumption in a field trial of real-time displays or smart energy monitors.
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An overview of Demand Response: Key-elements and international experience
Nikolaos G. Paterakis,Ozan Erdinc,Ozan Erdinc,Joao P. S. Catalao,Joao P. S. Catalao,Joao P. S. Catalao +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a complete and up-to-date overview of demand response (DR) enabling technologies, programs and consumer response types is presented, as well as the benefits and the drivers that have motivated the adoption of DR programs and the barriers that may hinder their further development.
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Smart homes and their users: a systematic analysis and key challenges
TL;DR: A systematic analysis of peer-reviewed literature on smart homes and their users takes stock of the dominant research themes and the linkages and disconnects between them, resulting in an organising framework for future research that identifies the presence or absence of cross-cutting relationships between different understandings of smart home users.
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A Systematic Review of the Smart Home Literature: A user perspective
TL;DR: A systematic review of the smart home literature and survey the current state of play from the users' perspective, which presents a comprehensive view of smart home definitions and characteristics.
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Diffusion of Innovations
TL;DR: A history of diffusion research can be found in this paper, where the authors present a glossary of developments in the field of Diffusion research and discuss the consequences of these developments.
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The Aware Home: A Living Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing Research
Cory D. Kidd,Robert J. Orr,Gregory D. Abowd,Christopher G. Atkeson,Irfan Essa,Blair MacIntyre,Elizabeth D. Mynatt,Thad Starner,Wendy C. Newstetter +8 more
TL;DR: The Aware Home project is introduced and some of the technology-and human-centered research objectives in creating the Aware Home are outlined, to create a living laboratory for research in ubiquitous computing for everyday activities.
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EasyLiving: Technologies for Intelligent Environments
TL;DR: The current research in each of these areas of middleware, world modelling, perception, and service description is described, highlighting some common requirements for any intelligent environment.
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A review of smart homes-Present state and future challenges
TL;DR: This article presents an international selection of leading smart home projects, as well as the associated technologies of wearable/implantable monitoring systems and assistive robotics, often designed as components of the larger smart home environment.