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A Framework of Smart-Home Service for Elderly’s Biophilic Experience

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  • Eun Ji Lee

    (Department of Architecture, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea)

  • Sung Jun Park

    (Department of Architectural Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea)

Abstract

Smart-home technology and related services can reinforce a person’s experiential nature, promoting sustainable living among the elderly. It is crucial in the housing industry that support “Aging in Place”, contributing to the contact, control, and simulation of nature at home as well as the creation of a high-quality living space instead of mechanical achievement. Further, biophilic experience, the strengthening of inherent human propensity to nature for optimal health and well-being, supports the elderly’s physical, mental, and sociological health. However, despite the continuing emphasis on the benefits of residential nature experiences for the elderly, the application of smart-home technology and services is insufficient. This study presents a theoretical basis for combining biophilia and smart-home technology, providing a framework for smart-home services to ensure elderly residents can have biophilic experiences. In this study, smart-home components and related studies that can support the biophilic experience and the corresponding technology are analyzed. The results suggest the type and content of smart-home service for ensuring a biophilic experience, while also indicating the configuration of supportive input and output devices according to the service framework. Moreover, we recommend the interaction characteristics of smart-home devices from the perspective of residents, space, efficient service provision, and physical application. This paper broadens our understanding of the sustainable, residential-environment nature experience and informs the expansion of the aged-friendly smart-home industry, contributing to smart-home services trends and development.

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  • Eun Ji Lee & Sung Jun Park, 2020. "A Framework of Smart-Home Service for Elderly’s Biophilic Experience," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-26, October.
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