Designing Interfaces to Display Sensor Data: A Case Study in the Human-Building Interaction Field Targeting a University Community
The increase of smart buildings with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Building Management Systems (BMS) has created a large amount of data, including those coming from sensors. These data are intended for monitoring the building conditions by authorized personnel, not being available to all b...
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| description | The increase of smart buildings with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Building Management Systems (BMS) has created a large amount of data, including those coming from sensors. These data are intended for monitoring the building conditions by authorized personnel, not being available to all building occupants. In this paper, we evaluate, from a qualitative point of view, if a user interface designed for a specific community can increase occupants’ context-awareness about environmental issues within a building, supporting them to make more informed decisions that best suit their needs. We designed a user interface addressed to the student community of a smart campus, adopting an Iterative Design Cycle methodology, and engaged 48 students by means of structured interviews with the aim of collecting their feedback and conducting a qualitative analysis. The results obtained show the interest of this community in having access to information about the environmental data within smart campus buildings. For example, students were more interested in data about temperature and brightness, rather than humidity. As a further result of this study, we have extrapolated a series of design recommendations to support the creation of map-based user interfaces that we found to be effective in such contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f6d4c10e5994936b7a67b7a1278691d2023-11-23T09:17:20ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-04-01229336110.3390/s22093361Designing Interfaces to Display Sensor Data: A Case Study in the Human-Building Interaction Field Targeting a University CommunityChiara Ceccarini0Silvia Mirri1Catia Prandi2Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyThe increase of smart buildings with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Building Management Systems (BMS) has created a large amount of data, including those coming from sensors. These data are intended for monitoring the building conditions by authorized personnel, not being available to all building occupants. In this paper, we evaluate, from a qualitative point of view, if a user interface designed for a specific community can increase occupants’ context-awareness about environmental issues within a building, supporting them to make more informed decisions that best suit their needs. We designed a user interface addressed to the student community of a smart campus, adopting an Iterative Design Cycle methodology, and engaged 48 students by means of structured interviews with the aim of collecting their feedback and conducting a qualitative analysis. The results obtained show the interest of this community in having access to information about the environmental data within smart campus buildings. For example, students were more interested in data about temperature and brightness, rather than humidity. As a further result of this study, we have extrapolated a series of design recommendations to support the creation of map-based user interfaces that we found to be effective in such contexts.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/9/3361sensors datahuman-building interactionsmart campusuniversity communityinteractive design cycleinterfaces |
| spellingShingle | Chiara Ceccarini Silvia Mirri Catia Prandi Designing Interfaces to Display Sensor Data: A Case Study in the Human-Building Interaction Field Targeting a University Community Sensors sensors data human-building interaction smart campus university community interactive design cycle interfaces |
| title | Designing Interfaces to Display Sensor Data: A Case Study in the Human-Building Interaction Field Targeting a University Community |
| title_full | Designing Interfaces to Display Sensor Data: A Case Study in the Human-Building Interaction Field Targeting a University Community |
| title_fullStr | Designing Interfaces to Display Sensor Data: A Case Study in the Human-Building Interaction Field Targeting a University Community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing Interfaces to Display Sensor Data: A Case Study in the Human-Building Interaction Field Targeting a University Community |
| title_short | Designing Interfaces to Display Sensor Data: A Case Study in the Human-Building Interaction Field Targeting a University Community |
| title_sort | designing interfaces to display sensor data a case study in the human building interaction field targeting a university community |
| topic | sensors data human-building interaction smart campus university community interactive design cycle interfaces |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/9/3361 |
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