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ETHO
Thermostat Re-design
towards an intelligent & sustainable home
Design Problem
Most programmable thermostats on market do not have transparent design, leading users to behave in an non eco-friendly way.
My role
Research
Ideation
Usability testing
Prototype
Documentation
Team
Alison Cheng
Yuki Zhang
Duration
2 weeks
A wall mounted smart thermostat, with a simple touchable interface.

The companion app that allows remote control, and encourages eco-friendly energy consumption behaviors.

RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS
We reached out to six people living in apartment complex for user interviews. From research, we knew that people tends to minimize their interactions with thermostat.

People only adjust temperature when there is extreme temperature uncomfortableness.

Most cannot accurately relate temperature to their preferred thermal comfortableness.

Being able to remotely control the thermostat is preferred by most users.

USERS' NEEDS
Users’ needs of thermostat in priorizing order based on user research.
Thermal comfort
Ease of use
Know time it takes to reach the set temperature
Smart/ remote control
Concept
Energy consumption is presented as green leaves, with a warning light at back when temperature is adjusted to a non eco-friendly degree.

ETHO THERMOSTAT RE-DESIGN
Etho is a wall-mounted thermostat that can be remotely controlled from the mobile device end.

Simple

Smart

Eco- friendly





Remote Control
Set your temperature miles away from home.



Sleep in Comfort
Pre-set temperature on ETHO before going to bed. No more midnight wakeup in hot/cold room.


Make Electricity Usage Transparent
Monthly report allows users to know about their power usage trend and highlight it when the usage is within an eco-friendly scale.


ETHO IN USE

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