LCS-FY2017-PP-21
Possibility of Achieving Both Energy Saving and Good Health by Lifestyle Shift (Vol.2)
Summary
Changing lifestyle from night-oriented to morning-oriented contributes to energy saving [1]. It is also expected to help promote human health. We conducted experiments to verify the influence on sleep comfort and electricity consumption by switching to a morning-oriented lifestyle.
The results showed energy saving to be found in some households, especially in the family of which all members accomplished lifestyle shift together with the lives of the same rhythm. Regarding the influence on sleep quality such as sleepiness on awakening and recovery from fatigue, there were differences according to each individual. It could not be asserted that changing lifestyle into a morning-oriented one resulted in the benefit to health promotion; however, it was indicated that lifestyle shift contributed to energy saving.