Healthy, safe and comfortable: Emerging indoor air practices in Australian households

IF 6.9 2区 经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Yolande Strengers, Sarah Pink, Kari Dahlgren, Hannah Korsmeyer
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Health concerns regarding indoor air quality are leading to greater uptake of air purification technologies internationally, alongside the continuing normalisation of air conditioning. With thermal comfort largely considered separately from air quality, the energy sector risks inadequately preparing for the emergence of new indoor air practices and associated ‘needs’. Conceptually grounded in theories of social practice and design anthropological foresighting, this article explores how people's household air practices are changing, what kinds of air technologies they expect to be using in the near future (2025–2030), and how this might impact energy sector ambitions. The article draws on research from a four-year project with Australian households involving in-home virtual ethnography, and a design ethnography futures activity involving a ‘thing interview’ where participants designed and roleplayed their ideal future air technology and were interviewed by a researcher roleplaying the electricity grid. The analysis reveals that households increasingly expect healthy, safe and comfortable indoor environments, in which people seek to manage air flows through the home with air technologies. The futures analysis identifies the anticipated desire for air quality embedded within heating and cooling systems, an expectation for smart control, and some interest in incentives to modify air practices in order to optimise electricity system outcomes. We discuss the implications of these findings for energy demand, call for an expanded definition of thermal comfort that accounts for emerging air practices, and recommend further research on healthy, safe and comfortable air in indoor environments, pointing towards sites for intervention and innovation.

健康、安全、舒适:澳大利亚家庭室内空气新做法
人们对室内空气质量的健康关注导致国际上更多地采用空气净化技术,同时空调的使用也持续正常化。由于热舒适度在很大程度上是与空气质量分开考虑的,能源部门有可能没有为新的室内空气实践和相关 "需求 "的出现做好充分准备。本文以社会实践和设计人类学展望理论为概念基础,探讨了人们的家庭空气使用方式正在发生怎样的变化,他们期望在不久的将来(2025-2030 年)使用什么样的空气技术,以及这可能对能源部门的雄心壮志产生怎样的影响。文章借鉴了一个为期四年的澳大利亚家庭项目的研究成果,该项目包括家庭虚拟人种学研究,以及一项涉及 "事物访谈 "的未来设计人种学活动,参与者设计并扮演他们理想中的未来空气技术,并由一名研究人员扮演电网进行访谈。分析表明,家庭越来越期待健康、安全和舒适的室内环境,在这种环境中,人们寻求利用空气技术管理流经家庭的空气。未来分析表明,人们希望在供暖和制冷系统中嵌入空气质量技术,期望实现智能控制,并对为优化电力系统结果而改变空气质量的激励措施感兴趣。我们讨论了这些研究结果对能源需求的影响,呼吁扩大热舒适度的定义,将新出现的空气措施考虑在内,并建议进一步研究室内环境中健康、安全和舒适的空气,为干预和创新指明方向。
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Energy Research & Social Science
Energy Research & Social Science ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-
CiteScore
14.00
自引率
16.40%
发文量
441
审稿时长
55 days
期刊介绍: Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers. Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.
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