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Authors:
Shengnan Lu
Jaap Ham
Marianne van den Akker
Cees Midden
Keywords: Ambient Lighting, Persuasive Technology, Energy Conservation, Lighting Characteristics
Abstract:
Ambient lighting can be used for influencing users’ experience of the environment and their subsequent (energy consumption) behavior. Our research explored which lighting settings users prefer for lighting that is designed to give a room a ‘warm’ atmosphere and for lighting that is used as energy consumption feedback. In the experiment, three lighting characteristics (brightness, color temperature, and color hue and saturation) could be adjusted through an interactive interface according to participants’ preferences. Results showed that for creating a ‘warm’ atmosphere, lighting with a low luminance, a low color temperature, and a highly saturated, warm color (i.e., orange/red) was preferred. For providing negative feedback about energy consumption, lighting with a high luminance, and a highly saturated, red color was preferred. Thereby, current results suggested that ambient lighting’s persuasive potential might be most optimal when lighting settings are used that are appropriate to a situation.
Pages: 1 to 2
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016
Publication date: October 9, 2016
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2326-9324
ISBN: 978-1-61208-508-1
Location: Venice, Italy
Dates: from October 9, 2016 to October 13, 2016