ALL HUNG UP ON LAUNDRY LOO JUIN SHERWIN LAU CUI JINGCHEN HU YANG JOSHUA DIEU

Our Mission To Reduce Energy Bills Purely improving the efficiency may NOT be that effective First Survey Huge energy wastage in the laundry process Negative effect of human mindset How? The beginning

LAUNDRY... use NATURAL ENERGY!  Among the washing, drying and collection processes, the drying process can be done the most easily using natural energy Washing Drying Collection

Identifying problem areas  A convincing majority of people we surveyed stated bad weather, ventilation issues or space constraints as problems when drying laundry

Identifying problem areas  Solutions fall into 3 general categories: Waiting Waiting out bad weather and longer drying times Time wasted Using a dryer Using an electrical dryer Electricity wasted Moving the laundry Moving laundry to a different place Effort wasted

User needs  What are households’ concerns when doing laundry ?  From our survey, the following factors were the most common: positives Saving electricity Nice sun-dried smell Faster drying Convenience negatives Bad weather/environment Danger or difficulties in hanging outside Inconsiderate neighbours  If the problems above could be avoided, 98% of respondents said they would be willing to dry their laundry by natural means (i.e. outside, instead of using a dryer)

Ideation process  Initial focus: Use of natural energy Electrical/human energy  Some of the ideas that popped up were:  Clothes that do not need to be washed  Clothes that dry instantly  A machine that handles the entire laundry process – from washing to drying and folding

Ideation process  However, from our survey, we realised that the most waste of energy and time happened due to the need or inability to adapt to changes in the weather and environment

{}{} 88% There is a demand for this! of users we surveyed would be keen on buying a product that could meet these needs! Our current design focus Washing Drying Collection positives Saving electricity Nice sun-dried smell Faster drying Convenience negatives Bad weather/environment Danger or difficulties in hanging outside Inconsiderate neighbours automatically adapt to retain

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