Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	EP/N009835/1
Title:	HOUSE
Principal Investigator:	Childs, Professor PRN
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Project Partners:	Naked Energy Ltd Q-Bot Limited Thenergy Ltd Ventive Limited
Department:	Mechanical Engineering
Organisation:	Imperial College London
Scheme:	Standard Research - NR1
Starts:	01 February 2016	Ends:	31 July 2017	Value (£):	181,947
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Design & Testing Technology
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Manufacturing
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 25 Jun 2015 Design the Future Interviews Round 2 Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
HOUSE is an interactive tool of enabled elements allowing a team of stakeholders to 'play'. The elements each represent an eco-intervention such as passive ventilation, insulation, a heat pump and solar panels. A team of users that might include an architect, an HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) company, a constructor and the owner 'play' at configuring the elements and exploring the multiple interrelated attributes of the interventions. In essence this is smart RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) devices meets Dolls-House. The aim of this research is to explore and quantify to what extent a dolls-house approach to eco-design enables improves stakeholder interaction and what elements and interface provide effective design aids.
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