5.1 design guidelines Contribution

5. Design guidelines chapter summary

The Design guideline's initial role was to provide recommendations on how to apply design principles for offgrid housing and provide a positive user experience. The design guidelines provide a chance for readers to adopt principles such as intuitiveness, learnability, efficiency, and consistency so people can create compelling off-grid home designs and meet needs. The conducting of the interviews and case studies were the initial core of the development of the design guidelines, they were presented in:

• The interviews contributed to the development (part 1) and (part 2) in the design guidelines,

they provided clear insight into the consideration to take before and during living off-grid.

• The case studies contributed to the development of (part 3) and part (part 4) as they were

more involved in the off-grid housing system.

5.1 design guidelines Contribution

All things considered, form the online semi-structured interviews, and the case studies all parts of the design guidelines had its objectives of design, which are presented in the following summary of the design

guidelines:

• Part 1: Off-grid living consideration

Included ensuring financial safety and the personal capability of individuals to live off-grid

• Part 2: Off-grid living pre-steps

Included the initial land features and price considerations, to determine whether the land is suitable for off-

grid living or not.

• Part 3: Off-grid system components

Included innovative techniques and tools for living off-grid derived for the case studies

• Part 4: codes and permits

Included the expected problems that could be met during the inquiry of the codes and permits for building

the off-grid house.