Innovative sustainable solutions in living and working setups need to embrace users'
appropriation of technologies in their daily life practices. Successful innovation scenarios …

There is a developing recognition of the social and economic costs entailed in global supply
chains. In this paper, we report on efforts to provide alternative, more sustainable and …

Acknowledging the current digitalizing of buildings and their existence as interactive objects,
this article sets out to consolidate Human-Building Interaction (HBI) as a new research …

Smart Home technologies have the potential to increase the quality of life, home security
and facilitate elderly care. Therefore, they require access to a plethora of data about the …

The development of renewable energy systems offers a potential solution to energy
consumption in the residential sector. These systems face many barriers and challenges …

Smart metering is advancing rapidly and consumption feedback from smart meters is
expected to help residents to reduce their energy and water consumption. In recent years …

This paper proposes a set of criteria for evaluation of serious games (SGs) which are
intended as effective methods of engaging energy users and lowering consumption. We …

Despite all improvements in buildings shell, equipment, and design, CO 2 emissions from
buildings are increasing. Since occupants spend more than 87% of their time indoors, they …

La eficiencia energética es parte de los objetivos establecidos por los gobiernos de todo el
mundo para reducir la huella energética y proporcionar un desarrollo sostenible para todos …

This paper presents a gamification methodology and ICT solution currently under
development in the enCOMPASS European project, which aims at implementing and …