Smart energy households' pilot projects in The Netherlands with a design-driven approach

Smart energy households' pilot projects in The Netherlands with a design-driven approach

Geelen, D.V.
Scheepens, A.E.
Kobus, C.B.A.
Obinna, U.P.
Mugge, R.
Schoormans, J.P.L.
Reinders, A.H.M.E.

Industrial Design Engineering

Design Engineering

2013-12-31

Residential smart grid projects can be evaluated by a design-driven approach, which focuses on gaining insights for successful product and service development by taking the end-users as a starting point. Because only little experience exists with this design-driven approach, this paper addresses how four pilot projects with smart energy households in the Netherlands – namely (A) Power Matching City, (B) Smart Wash, (C) Your Energy Moment and (D) Nieuwveense landen - are being or will be evaluated. The pilot projects illustrate that by studying end-users’ perception of and interaction with technology, insights are created that can be used for development of product and service development, not only from a technical point of view but also in terms of financial and non-financial value creation. A design-driven approach can therefore help to broaden the focus of product and service development from mere technical feasibility to a multidisciplinary exploration of how to create successful products and services for smart grid households.

end-users
design
pilot project
pricing
smart energy households

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IEEE

IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2013: 4th European Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6-9 October 2013; preprint

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conference paper

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