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The discussion regarding product circularity is often framed from a production and business model perspective. In this paper, people's consumption processes are taken as a new point of departure and a re-framing of product circularity from a user perspective is proposed to complement the current narrative. This user-centred perspective emphasises the importance of product exchange, which underscores that products can be transferred in tight loops from one user to another, i.e. from Use to Use. It also highlights a number of challenges and practicalities that circular paths of consumption may entail for people in everyday life, and thus points to new opportunities for designing products and services that can create enabling preconditions that make it possible, more convenient, and more preferable for people to circulate products. These design opportunities can be categorised into four design strategies that can support the development of products and services fit for circular consumption processes. How the proposed reframing compares to the current narrative is discussed and recommendations for future research are proposed.
Anneli Selvefors; Oskar Rexfelt; Sara Renström; Helena Strömberg. Use to use – A user perspective on product circularity. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 223, 1014 -1028.
AMA StyleAnneli Selvefors, Oskar Rexfelt, Sara Renström, Helena Strömberg. Use to use – A user perspective on product circularity. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 223 ():1014-1028.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnneli Selvefors; Oskar Rexfelt; Sara Renström; Helena Strömberg. 2019. "Use to use – A user perspective on product circularity." Journal of Cleaner Production 223, no. : 1014-1028.
This paper explores how the design of domestic appliances influences people's energy use during everyday activities. Drawing on findings from an interview study with 81 informants, a variety of design characteristics were uncovered, which set preconditions for use that in different ways impede or support energy conservation. The identified characteristics concerned not only appliances' operative functions but also their interactive and communicative functions as well as people's underlying motives for using specific appliances. Addressing the full range of characteristics during the development of new appliances will highlight a variety of design opportunities and increase the possibilities for developing appliances that support people to go about their everyday activities in less energy-reliant ways.
Anneli Selvefors; Ulrike Rahe; Christian Marx; Jesper Knutsson. Designed to support or impede energy conservation? How design characteristics influence people's energy use. J. of Design Research 2017, 15, 43 .
AMA StyleAnneli Selvefors, Ulrike Rahe, Christian Marx, Jesper Knutsson. Designed to support or impede energy conservation? How design characteristics influence people's energy use. J. of Design Research. 2017; 15 (1):43.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnneli Selvefors; Ulrike Rahe; Christian Marx; Jesper Knutsson. 2017. "Designed to support or impede energy conservation? How design characteristics influence people's energy use." J. of Design Research 15, no. 1: 43.
This paper explores how the design of domestic appliances influences people's energy use during everyday activities. Drawing on findings from an interview study with 81 informants, a variety of design characteristics were uncovered, which set preconditions for use that in different ways impede or support energy conservation. The identified characteristics concerned not only appliances' operative functions but also their interactive and communicative functions as well as people's underlying motives for using specific appliances. Addressing the full range of characteristics during the development of new appliances will highlight a variety of design opportunities and increase the possibilities for developing appliances that support people to go about their everyday activities in less energy-reliant ways.
Anneli Selvefors; Jesper Knutsson; Christian Marx; Ulrike Rahe. Designed to support or impede energy conservation? How design characteristics influence people's energy use. J. of Design Research 2017, 15, 43 .
AMA StyleAnneli Selvefors, Jesper Knutsson, Christian Marx, Ulrike Rahe. Designed to support or impede energy conservation? How design characteristics influence people's energy use. J. of Design Research. 2017; 15 (1):43.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnneli Selvefors; Jesper Knutsson; Christian Marx; Ulrike Rahe. 2017. "Designed to support or impede energy conservation? How design characteristics influence people's energy use." J. of Design Research 15, no. 1: 43.
A common approach for understanding people’s domestic energy behavior is to study the influence of deterministic factors, such as attitudes, norms and knowledge, on behavior. However, few studies have succeeded in fully explaining people’s behavior based on these factors alone. To further the understanding of people’s everyday energy use, a goal-oriented approach based on activity theory has been applied to discuss energy conservation from a multiple goal perspective based on the findings from an interview study with 42 informants. The findings show that the informants used energy to fulfill goals linked to basic needs or desires related to their well-being. Even though the majority of informants had an explicit goal to reduce their energy consumption, many experienced conflicts with other competing goals, which often made energy conservation undesirable or challenging. The findings suggest that actions to reduce energy use will most often not be prioritized if they cannot be integrated into people’s daily life without jeopardizing their possibilities to achieve their primary goals and satisfy their everyday needs. It is thus vital to consider people’s everyday life and the many conflicts they experience when aiming to understand why people do, or do not, prioritize energy conservation during everyday activities.
Anneli Selvefors; I. C. Marianne Karlsson; Ulrike Rahe. Conflicts in Everyday Life: The Influence of Competing Goals on Domestic Energy Conservation. Sustainability 2015, 7, 5963 -5980.
AMA StyleAnneli Selvefors, I. C. Marianne Karlsson, Ulrike Rahe. Conflicts in Everyday Life: The Influence of Competing Goals on Domestic Energy Conservation. Sustainability. 2015; 7 (5):5963-5980.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnneli Selvefors; I. C. Marianne Karlsson; Ulrike Rahe. 2015. "Conflicts in Everyday Life: The Influence of Competing Goals on Domestic Energy Conservation." Sustainability 7, no. 5: 5963-5980.
Anneli Selvefors; Karin Blindh Pedersen; Ulrike Rahe. Design for sustainable consumption behaviour. Proceedings of the 2011 Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces - DPPI '11 2011, 1 .
AMA StyleAnneli Selvefors, Karin Blindh Pedersen, Ulrike Rahe. Design for sustainable consumption behaviour. Proceedings of the 2011 Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces - DPPI '11. 2011; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnneli Selvefors; Karin Blindh Pedersen; Ulrike Rahe. 2011. "Design for sustainable consumption behaviour." Proceedings of the 2011 Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces - DPPI '11 , no. : 1.