Association of Home Appliance

SOURCE S. M. Berman, et al. (1976). "Electrical Energy Consumption in California Data Collection and Analysis." Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, UGID 3847 (for 1947-1975 data). Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (for 1972 and 1978-1995 data). 

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has published a set of standards for testing of automatic dishwashers [93], Although the focus of this test is the dishwasher performance, it can also be applied to the product performance. 

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, ANSI/AHAM DW-1-1992. 

Canberra, Australia-based APRA promotes and disseminates research relating to polymer processing and engineering, market information, and technology, http // users.netinfo.com.au/sira/aprahome.htm Association of Home Appliance Manufiicturers Serves the consuming pubhc and the appliance industry s manufacturers, suppliers, and related professionals, http / / www.aham.org... 

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), 1111 19th St., N.W., Suite 402, Washington, DC 20036, www.aham.org. 

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers 20 North Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60606 Phone 312-984-5800 Pax 312-984-5823... 

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Chicago, Illinois The association develops voluntary appliance performance standards and makes safety recommendations to Underwriters Laboratories and the American Gas Association, represents the industry in consumer and government relations, compiles statistics, sponsors certification programs, and provides consumer appliance information, educational materials, and technical aids, www.aham.org... 

ASHRAE (American Society of Heating and Refrigerating and Air-conditioiung Engineers), S AE (Society for Automotive Engineers), ISIAQ (Intemational Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate), UL (Underwriters Laboratories), AHAM (Association for Home Appliance Manufactures), lES (Institute of Environmental Sciences). 

Since the 19 century US innovations are aimed at the raising middle class demand for convenience that emerged in Europe and Japan decades later such as motor vehicles, home appliances, personal computers. European innovations responded either to necessities of the working class, e.g. margarine, or to luxury demands, e.g. Mercedes motor vehicles (Franko 1976, pp. 33-36). Even earlier, Dichter (1962) associated the world consumption trend with the raising middle class in contrast to the proletarian class. 

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is an independent federal regulatory agency created by Congress in 1972. The agency s mission is to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injuries and deaths associated with consumer products. The CPSC has jurisdiction over 15 000 types of products used in and around the home, in schools, and in recreation. Products under the jurisdiction of CPSC include clothing, children s articles, household appliances, home furnishings, cleaners, and consumer fireworks. CPSC is directed by three Commissioners, each of whom is appointed by the President of the United States, with one of the Commissioners nominated by the President to the position of Chairman. 

Appliances may be classified into three major types white goods, brown goods, and traffic appliances. White goods are primarily those products associated with laundry and refrigeration such as washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges, refrigerators, and freezers. The name was due to the primary use of white for these products. Brown goods Include radios, television sets, furnaces, air conditioners, and home entertainment products, while traffic appliances include toasters, mixers, electric knives, fans, blenders, and other more portable items. 

Instead, the ICEbox provides a hardware-based solution that maps to existing practices and metaphors. As mentioned before, our metaphor is that the ICEbox is a logical door to the home network. Thus, like a physical door, the ICEbox appliance is equipped with a physical lock that enables access to its introduction and management features. A homeowner uses a key to unlock the ICEbox when he or she wants to attach a new device to the home network, and can also unlock the ICEbox when a visitor appears with a device the owner wishes to provision onto the network. In much the same way that users may leave a copy of a physical key with trusted friends, users may also leave the key to the network with associates. Likewise, users who are not concerned with additional security can simply leave the device unlocked. 

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