TUT - P007

P007

Works at a restaurant Doesn't know much about electricity use

$.48 daily usage amount
- Doesn't really get my question
$15 monthly reduction from last year
3.7 kW use per day
- Hard for him to find the daily cap for aug 2012
- Confused it with last year's daily average consumption (aug 2011)
- Maybe take out Average daily use and cost for historical consumption

Green area is where you would want to reduce the amount to
- Did not interpret the speedometer as measuring accumulation, rather as reduction
Did not know how to change goals and percent reduction by looking at the remote
- Seems like this is the only participant who did not get how the remote worked
Red means that you're using "more" or too much
Did not know what the numbers on the speedometer represented
Thought the red dotted line represented normal use
Does not know what 2.65 kW/h represented
- Thought it was referring to the number on the dial
- Then thought it was referring to the dotted line
Understood that 10-110 represented kW consumed
Extrapolated that 2.65 kW/h would lead to 50 kWh consumed in a day
Understood that yellow meant close to over consumption

Did not know what the hypothetical day we were on
- Maybe make it more salient on the image (thicker border)
- Possibly change the color of the total $ and total kWh from grey to something else
Bill to date: $90.09
Consumption: 693
Confused cumulative and daily use when asked what the consumption was yesterday
Was confused as to why not all the days were filled up
Understood what the color scheme was, but could not identify how they were calculated
- How do we get people to think about the numbers on the summary table with the calendar?

Did not understand what the tip was about and how it related to the reduction goal
Pointed out that you need to turn the thermostat up to save energy
Couldn't figure out how to switch tips using the remote

The information makes him want to go with CFLs from now on, but he won't see the benefits until 7 years from now or if it really helped or not
- Either he wasn't thinking clearly or did not think his answers through before telling me. He had a hard time explaining to me why it would have to be 7 years until he saw benefits. He said that he'd have to consider the savings after 7 years