Drivers and barriers to the adoption of smart home energy management systems : users’ perspective |
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Author: | Tuomela, Sanna1; Iivari, Netta1; Svento, Rauli2 |
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1Interact Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 2Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.2 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022062047870 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Australasian Conference on Information Systems,
2021
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Publish Date: | 2022-06-20 |
Description: |
AbstractSmart home energy management system (SHEMS) is a technology, through which households can decrease and manage energy consumption and avoid demand peaks. For a significant sustainable impact, SHEMS should be adopted on a large scale. Based on semi-structured interviews with three user groups (new, prospective and experienced users) from 28 households we identify drivers and barriers to the adoption of SHEMS. The key drivers to adopt SHEMS are saving energy for economic and environmental reasons, increased comfort of living, safety and curiosity. Yet, there is a lack of knowledge on SHEMS and how it relates to the larger energy system and use of renewable energy. Price of SHEMS and estimated low ROI, too complicated systems, and retrofitting problems also slow down the adoption. The results inform Information Systems research on sustainable and smart home technologies, including implications for the design of future home energy management technologies and policy planning. see all
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Article number: | 71 |
Host publication: |
ACIS 2021 Proceeding |
Conference: |
Australasian Conference on Information Systems |
Type of Publication: |
D3 Professional conference proceedings |
Field of Science: |
113 Computer and information sciences |
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Funding: |
This research was funded by Fortum and Neste Foundation, grant numbers 20190098 and 20200099, and the Academy of Finland Strategic Research Council project BC-DC (AKA292854). ST acknowledges Municipality of Ii, Micropolis, and SITRA (The Finnish Innovation Fund) for supporting the research. |
Academy of Finland Grant Number: |
292854 |
Detailed Information: |
292854 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) |
Copyright information: |
© 2021 Sanna Tuomela, Rauli Svento and Netta Iivari. This is an open-access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Australia License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and ACIS are credited. |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |