Construction and Application of Functional Requirement Model of the Urban Intelligent Lighting Appliance (UILA) Based on the Users' Need

The multi-functional Urban intelligent lighting Appliance(UILA) has become the important technology terminal to realize the construction of our smart city for future. By far, one of the most urgent problems which need to be solved is the way to apply those new functions to the UILAs effectively according to the users' need. This article takes Shanghai(China) as an example, analyzing and summarizing the functional demands of the future UILA from perspectives of functions, environment, aesthetics and energy-efficiency in the way of experts interview and bibliographic retrieval. By applying the theory of Kansei Engineering, we collect the data of the urban-dwellers' perceptual demand for the UILA's functions in different areas through questionnaires, specify the intention of the needing of the UILA's functions by combing Kansei engineering design with factor analysis, and set up the model to evaluate this application. The result of the research will provide the strong evidence for the relevant UILA design and make a big contribution to the future smart city construction.