Social impacts and control in the smart home

Larissa Nicholls; Yolande Strengers; Jathan Sadowski

doi:10.1038/s41560-020-0574-0

Social impacts and control in the smart home

Larissa Nicholls, Yolande Strengers, Jathan Sadowski

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Abstract

The smart home technology industry promises energy savings and lifestyle improvements. However, there is little evidence that smart home technologies will reduce home energy use overall, and there are a range of emerging detrimental social impacts that require further attention from researchers, policymakers and practitioners.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	180-182
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Energy
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0574-0
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2020

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