The opportunities that different cultural contexts create for sustainable design: a laundry care example by Jak Spencer, Debra Lilley, Samantha Porter

Subjects: “…Laundry care…”
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Borehole washing bays: friend or foe? by Brandie Banner Shackelford, Wibuta Kabiona, Nosa Boadi, Ernest Chilalika, Lefted Kanyika

Subjects: “…laundry…”
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The implications of cultural differences in laundry behaviours for design for sustainable behaviour: a case study between the UK, India and Brazil by Jak Spencer, Debra Lilley, Samantha Porter

Subjects: “…Laundry…”
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Ozonation treatment processes for the remediation of detergent wastewater: A comprehensive review by Collin G. Joseph, Yan Yan Farm, Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Chuan Kian Pang, Janice L.H. Nga, Gianluca Li-Puma

Subjects: “…Laundry Wastewater…”
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Exploring the implications of cultural context for design for sustainable behaviour by Jak Spencer

Subjects: “…Laundry care…”
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PORTS: an interdisciplinary and systemic approach to studying energy use in the home by Garrath Wilson, Kerstin Leder Mackley, Val Mitchell, Tracy Bhamra, Sarah Pink

“…This paper outlines our approach and presents an example product concept in relation to laundry.…”
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The opportunities different cultural contexts create for sustainable design by Jak Spencer, Debra Lilley, Samantha Porter

“…The focus of the in depth data collection was on the laundry procedure as this was identified as a particularly energy intensive behaviour that differed greatly between contexts. …”
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Identifying the time profile of everyday activities in the home using smart meter data by Charlie Wilson, Lina Stankovic, Vladmir Stankovic, Jing Liao, Michael Coleman, Richard Hauxwell-Baldwin, Tom Kane, Steven Firth, Tarek Hassan

“…Examples include cooking, doing laundry, or socialising. Smart meter data can be used to generate time profiles of activities that are meaningful to households’ own lived experience. …”
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A critical software review - how is hot water modelled in current building simulation ? by Dashamir Marini, Richard Buswell, Christina Hopfe

“…Higher demand on the provision of hot water consumption has been documented and will occur around activities such as laundry, dishwashing, food preparation, bathing and cleaning activities. …”
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Inclusive WASH development: technology adaptations for persons with disabilities by Nathaniel Kamban, W. Ray Norman

“…The AWDS seeks to facilitate access to WASH installations through modifications of existing WASH installations (e.g. hand-pumps, pump superstructures, latrines and laundry aprons) as well as through the development of simple, low-cost assistive WASH technologies (e.g. latrine seats and chairs).…”
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Opening the doors to the hidden water, sanitation and hygiene needs of women from the onset of the perimenopause in urban Ghana by Amita Bhakta

“…This research demonstrates that the WASH sector needs to become more attentive to bathing and laundry issues overall, learning from the needs of PM women.…”
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Problem pressure and social policy innovation: Lessons from nineteenth-century Germany by Alexander Horn, Anthony Kevins

“…In studying how to best understand social program introduction, political scientists have built up a laundry list of contributory factors. We suggest, however, that “objective” problem pressure has been incorrectly neglected by many scholars in recent decades—and the well-known case of Germany’s nineteenth-century introduction of social insurance legislation provides a clear illustration of this point. …”
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Household water use and greywater management in Khulna city, Bangladesh by Rebecca Lewis, Rebecca Scott, Babul Bala, Hasin Jahan, Jamie Bartram, Tanja Radu

“…Of the total water used by households (mean: 594 L/household/day and equivalent to 116 L/person/day), approximately 58% becomes greywater through bathing, dishwashing, religious practices, handwashing, laundry, and mopping. Greywater produced ranges from 61-1274 L/household/day, with a mean of 345 L/household/day and equivalent to 78.4 L/person/day. …”
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Supplementary files for Household water use and greywater management in Khulna city, Bangladesh by Rebecca Lewis, Rebecca Scott, Babul Bala, Hasin Jahan, Jamie Bartram, Tanja Radu

“…Of the total water used by households (mean: 594 L/household/day and equivalent to 116 L/person/day), approximately 58% becomes greywater through bathing, dishwashing, religious practices, handwashing, laundry, and mopping. Greywater produced ranges from 61-1,274 L/household/day, with a mean of 345 L/household/day and equivalent to 78.4 L/person/day. …”
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Diagramming social practice theory: an interdisciplinary experiment exploring practices as networks by Sarah L. Higginson, Eoghan McKenna, Tom Hargreaves, Jason Chilvers, Murray Thomson

“…Graphs of practice networks are populated based on new empirical data drawn from a survey of different types (or variants) of laundry practice. The resulting practice networks are analysed to reveal characteristics of elements and variants of practice, such as which elements could be considered core to the practice, or how elements between variants overlap, or can be shared. …”
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The rhythm of life is a powerful beat: demand response opportunities for time-shifting domestic electricity practices by Sarah L. Higginson

“…Next, a series of three challenges were carried out, aimed at assessing the implications of disrupting practices by time-shifting food preparation, laundry and work/ leisure. A practice theory approach is used to shift the focus of attention from appliances, tools for change, behaviour or even people, to practices. …”
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The development of an in house greywater and roof water reclamation system for large institutions during 1994 to 1998 by Sundaralingam S. Surendran

“…To avoid deficit, in addition to personal washing waters, a top-up of laundry wastewater or roof water, and a well-designed balancing tank is necessary. …”
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