Energy-savings from smart home technologies (SHT) are a topic of considerable debate: While proponents of SHT emphasise the potential to reduce heating energy consumption and facilitate energy flexibility, critics highlight real-world challenges and a lack of evidence of actual savings. This study provides insights into SHT's actual saving potential and reveals essential mechanisms of occupant-technology interaction. Based on social practice theory, this paper explores how occupants integrate SHT into their everyday comfort practices.

Auf der 6. internationalen Konferenz des Energy and Society Networks präsentierten Prof. Dr. Bernhard Gill, Amelie Bauer und Simon Möller Forschungsergebnisse und Überlegungen zu sich ändernden Energiesystemen im Kontext von Klima- und Energiekrisen.