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Energy Ergonomics refers to the efficient use of energy by humans. Ergonomics is a reference to efficiency in the way humans live, work or play. Energy refers to any form of energy that is manmade or naturally occurring. The combination of Energy and Ergonomics then infers the meaning "efficient use of energy by humans".

Energy Ergonomics Limited is a business that was create in 2019 by Bruce Laird to help business people understand how they could use energy more efficiently in their business operations simply by changing their stakeholders behaviour. This is different from Energy Efficiency in the sense that Energy Efficiency also includes the installation and use of technology to reduce energy use. Energy Ergonomics refers to energy conservation or energy reduction as a result of a decision made by a natural person.

Simple examples of Energy Ergonomics include someone manually switching off the lights in a room. Now this can be via a smart form of tech or as a result of manually turning the switch, either way it requires a human action in order to result in the conservation of energy. The smart technology itself (such as an App which remotely operates a smart switch) is Energy Efficient, however, the actual action of deciding to use the smart tech is Energy Ergonomics.

Taking the above example, if the light were turned off as a result of a Passive Infrared (PIR) detector that senses movement or a Photocell that senses light levels then this would be classed as an Energy Efficiency measure but not an Energy Ergonomics measure. The Energy Ergonomics measure would be the act of actually installing the smart device but not the resulting action of turning off the lights.

Energy Ergonomics is therefore determined as energy conservation happening as a result of a human interaction. Where there is no human interaction then this is not Energy Ergonomics. Note Artificial Intelligence (AI) or the use of AI is not Energy Ergonomics the building of AI for a specific energy conservation use is. There has to always be a human involvement in the process for the action to be classed as Energy Ergonomics.