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PUBLISHING ENERGY USE IN THE DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTS!
INFERENCES FROM DESIGN INTERVENTION CASES IN
INDIAN APARTMENTS !
Karthikeya Acharya!Doctoral Researcher !
Department of Design School of Art, Design and Architecture !
Aalto University!18th September 2012!
Activities that construct domestic living in Indian apartments. !
Performing daily living and material consumption in these contexts.!
As a matter of constructive design research methodology, to understand daily living with electricity, I have deployed prototypes that publish and make open energy use in the field to reach inferences and hypothesis about material usage in daily living.!
I!While the benefits in gaining open access and making energy use
information live and accessible at the end user level are by now aimed to help in energy conservation, I present a supportive design intervention
case where opening energy use data has lead to reflecting on ones acquired habits from a longitudinal perspective. !
II!Also, when opening energy data is considered within the context of the
domestic environments it is useful to look at the relation between energy usage and the notion of more and less private spaces of the home.!
I!A case of comparing daily energy use between two families in the same apartment block!
Family A lives in an apartment of 120 sq meters !
Family B lives in a !280 sq meter !apartment !
- Family A lives in an apartment of 120 sq meters!- 4 member family!- Energy use= about 1.5 X of Family B !
- Family B lives in a !280 sq meter house!- 4 member family!- Energy use=1 X!
- Family A lives in an apartment of 120 sq meters!- 4 member family!- Energy use= about 1.5 X of Family B !
- Family B lives in a !280 sq meter house!- 4 member family!- Energy use=1 X!
Family has spent about 18 years in Mumbai, a city in India,
where energy costs are very high because of energy being
privatized.!
They also mention that their energy and water consumption
habits have developed over their stay in that city. !
Have lived in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi for about 25 years which had very inexpensive charges for electricity and they would hardly pay eight dollars a month for all the energy use there. !
The father thinks that he and his family have carried their habits from Abu Dhabi to India. !
Such an inference questions how energy use habits evolve in context of consumption over a longitudinal span of time. !
What are the programmatic implications of getting to understand peoples prior energy use context for conservation programs? !
II!
Home Electric Agency!
Electrical Artifacts !in the Public-Private spaces of the Indian apartment !
Living Room/Hall Dining Kitchen Bedroom Bath /Toi
Public Private
Rapoport, Amos. 1977. Human aspects of urban form: towards a man-environment approach to urban form and design. !
Living Roo
m/Hall
Dining
Kitche
n Be
droo
m
Bath
/Toi
Public
Private
02_Mangalore_12_Mushrath
Mention on Day in the life chart
Fan/////////9 9 Geyser///3 3 Grinder/1 1 Mixer/1 1 TV/////5 5 Light/1 1
Time Yesterday's activity at Why did you do it? Make a list of all that was needed for the activity
5 Sleeping, doing Namaz tired Fan, Bed, Pillow, Bedsheet etc
6 Cooking My son has to go to school Gyser, Gas, Vessel, oil
7 Cooking For the morning breakfast Vessel, oil, Fruits, etc
8 Giving breakfast to another son He has to go school Bag, Gyser, Vessel, oil, Plates, Lunch Boxes
9 I left My son to school He has to go school car, Petrol
10 Cooking Prepare food for lunch Gas, Rice, Grinder, Mixer, Vegetables, Meat, water, Fish etc
11 Again picking up from school car or autorickshaw
12 I watch T.V. Entertainment T.V, sofa, Fan
13 Doing Namaz watching T.V. Entertainment T.V, sofa, Fan
14 Serving food To have lunch Fan, T.V. Crockery's etc
15 Sleep or watching T.V. Tired Fan, T.V.
16 Doing Namaz Prepare Coffee, snacks Routine Gas, water, vessels etc.
17 I went for shopping To buy a dress for children Car
18 Still Shopping " "
19 came back gave bath to children doing Namaz Gyser, water, Towel, cloth
20 Teaching children Reading Quran They have to learn Table, light, fan, Books
21 Doing Namaz watching T.V Pleasure T.V, Fan, Light
22 Dinner hungry Gas, water, Table, Fan
23 went to Sleep Tired Fan, Bed, Pillow, Bedsheet
24 went to Sleep " "
1 " " "
2 " " "
3 " " "
4 " " "
Fan/////////9
Geyser///3
Grinder/1
Mixer/1
TV/////5
Light/1
Analysis: !
01_Manipal_06_Mikhail
Mention on Day in the life chart
Mobile (alarm) /1 1 Laptop /////5 5 Light //2 2 Fan ///3 3 TV/1 1
Internet //2 2 Mobile //2 2 Music system /1 1
Time Yesterday's activity at Why did you do it? Make a list of all that was needed for the activity
5 Sleep Need it badly
6 Sleep "
7 woke up getting late for college mobile (alarm) breakfast
8 College cause i didnt feel like bunking books, stationary, laptop (Labwork)
9 "
10 "
11 "
12 "
13 "
14 "
15 "
16 "
17 reached home after college Felt bored of attending lectures
18 had a shower, ate a few snacks gettin all set to study water, food
19 Study so as to secure the highest marks this sem. light, fan, stationary, books, Laptop
20 Study " "
21 had dinner, said prayers Felt hungry
22 Watched TV, used internet comfort is needed in everyone's life (electricity) TV, internet, Laptop
23 watched a movie relax one's mind of the days tensions Laptop, mobile, internet
24 study have to pass my exams light, fan, electricity, water, snacks, books, Laptop
1 listened to music, movie relax mobile, music system
2 sleep (said prayers) relax fan, a peaceful mind
3 " " "
4 " " "
Living Roo
m/Hall
Dining
Kitche
n Be
droo
m
Bath
/Toi
Public
Private
Mobile (alarm) /1
Laptop /////5
Light //2
TV/1
Internet //2
Mobile //2
Music system /1
Analysis: !
Living Roo
m/Hall
Dining
Kitche
n Be
droo
m
Bath
/Toi
Public
Private
03_Bangalore_18_Mary
Mention on Day in the life chart
Fan//2 2 Computer/1 1 Mouse/1 1 Tread Mill/1 1 Fridge/1 1 Light/1 1 TV///3 3
03_Bangalore_18_Mary
Time Yesterday's activity at Why did you do it? Make a list of all that was needed for the activity
5 Sleeping Rest Bed Fan Bedsheets
6 Woke up Brushed Teeth Bathroom Medicine Water
Time to get up To live Stretch, (curse) Paste, Water & Soap Water & Towel Medicine & Water cup & Water
7 Coffee Tea Computer Games Emails Solitaire Stove, Water, Milk, Tea, Coffee Powder Computer Mouse, Chair
8 Newspaper To know what is happening Newspaper. Time
9 Soduku Game Interested to spend time Paper, Pen & Mind
10 Gym. Warm up Tread Mill To get rid of the toxins I get reading the paper
Tread mill Water to drink Towel to clean
11 yoga helps me in focusing & depression Mat & Mind
12 Shower To clean myself & feel fresh Water Towel Dress
13 Lunch To survive Fish Rice Veg Curd & Rasam
14 Shopping To buy office Chair Car gas or diesel Driver, Money & Time
15 Shopping Checked ups inverter for TV
16 Grocery Shopping Need to cook & eat Car, driver, diesel, money patience & mood
17 Home-arranged items Needed to put in the fridge Fridge, light & again patience
18 Watched TV Serial Pass time TV. E.City
19 Dinner Survival Food
20 TV Pass Time TV. E.City
21 TV pass Time TV. E.City
22 TV "
23 Slept Rest Fan
24
1
2
3
4
Fan//2
Computer/1 Mouse/1
Fridge/1
Light/1
TV///3
Analysis: !
Living Room/Hall Dining Kitchen Bedroom Bath /Toi
Public Private
Fan//2 Light/1
Fan//2 Fan//2
Light/1 Light/1 Light/1 Light/1
Grinder/1 Mixer/1 TV//2 TV//2
Fridge/1
Water Heating/1 A/C/1
Microwave
washing machine/1
060wh 050wh 120wh Fridge/1
060wh 050wh 050wh
050wh 800wh 1000wh 050wh 1000wh
060wh 050wh 120wh 820wh
060wh 920wh 2000wh
230wh
160wh
2900wh
1050wh
2980wh
Does energy get consumed more in private than in public?!
What is the energy implication of retaining the notion of the private that we have constructed with our energy intensive past?!
THANKS! Karthikeya Acharya!Doctoral Researcher !
Department of Design School of Art, Design and Architecture !
Aalto University!18th September 2012!
