User-centered design for lower electricity costs and greater sustainability

Quickly and easily adjust lighting settings thanks to user-centric, intuitive design

How can you reduce unnecessary lighting in non-residential buildings?

The innovative start-up Effinigo has set itself the goal of making lighting control in non-residential buildings such as schools and office buildings more efficient. For many building managers, unnecessary lighting can be a major cost factor. This is the case when lights are left on in rooms where no one is present or when lights are left on even though there is sufficient daylight. Effinigo's customers want to minimize electricity waste caused by unnecessary lighting and save energy and costs through smart solutions. Until now, however, the Effinigo team had to manually adjust the lighting settings for each customer, which was time-consuming and costly.

Client:

Effinigo

Energy

Services:

UX Design

UI Design

The Solution

By developing an intuitive user interface, Centigrade made it possible to easily adjust lighting settings independently.

Tight timeline, clear solution

In a short time, a clear, minimalist design was created that is intuitive to understand and fits seamlessly into the existing system landscape. Despite a very limited budget, even complex requirements such as the setup of special usage times and individual lighting scenarios could be fully taken into account. The solution thus enables users to control the system quickly, easily, and flexibly—even in special cases.

Tight timeline, clear solution

In a short time, a clear, minimalist design was created that is intuitive to understand and fits seamlessly into the existing system landscape. Despite a very limited budget, even complex requirements such as the setup of special usage times and individual lighting scenarios could be fully taken into account. The solution thus enables users to control the system quickly, easily, and flexibly—even in special cases.

Scoping workshop: laying the foundation

Our first step was a detailed scoping workshop to precisely define the existing challenges and project goals. This resulted in a clear project framework in which the requirements and needs of the users were precisely formulated.

Focus on the user

This was followed by the development of user-based design, which was specifically tailored to the needs of building technicians and caretakers in order to optimize their daily workflows. Individually customizable control options for locations, times, and lighting units enable independent adjustment and overview—for example, for events, seasonal requirements, or special occasions.

Use of modern technologies

To create a user-friendly and visually appealing interface, we relied on the targeted use of modern tools and frameworks. By combining Vuetify—a powerful UI framework based on Vue.js—with the design tool Figma, we were able to develop a consistent, responsive, and visually high-quality interface. This approach not only enabled rapid implementation of the design, but also ensured that functionality and aesthetics were optimally aligned – for a consistently positive user experience.

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