Coffee maker patterns and the design of energy feedback artefacts

Broms, Loove; Katzeff, Cecilia; Bång, Magnus; Nyblom, Åsa; Hjelm, Sara Ilstedt; Ehrnberger, Karin

doi:10.1145/1858171.1858191

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“…Similarly to Broms et al [2] and Karapanos et al [11], we observed two phases in families' interactions with the eco-feedback interface: an initial orientation phase that lasted approximately 4 weeks, and after which we saw a decline of about 40% in users' interactions, followed by an incorporation phase which signified, first, the loss of the powermeter's novelty, and secondly its appropriation in families' daily routines. In the remainder of the paper we describe our findings with regard to our two research questions:…”

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confidence: 85%

Social Translucence as a Theoretical Framework for Sustainable HCI

Barreto

Karapanos

Nunes

2011

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2011

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Abstract. Motivating sustainable behaviors is increasingly becoming an important topic in the HCI community. While a substantial body of work has focused on the role of peer-pressure through social networks, we argue that the community has largely overlooked the importance of strong social ties and specifically those of family members. We propose the theory of Social Translucence as a theoretical framework for understanding how eco-feedback interfaces can integrate with and support existing communication practices within families. We report on our ethnographic inquiry involving a day reconstruction study followed by in-depth interviewing with 12 families, which took place during a six-month deployment of an eco-feedback interface. Through our study we attempt to inquire into how eco-feedback interfaces: a) raise mutual awareness of family members' consumption behaviors, and b) induce feelings of accountability on individuals regarding their consumption behaviors.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 85%

Social Translucence as a Theoretical Framework for Sustainable HCI

Barreto

Karapanos

Nunes

2011

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2011

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“…The ease of measurement of, for example, electricity use has been integrated into interaction design in different forms of feedback with the aim of visualizing to users what is otherwise hidden e.g. [18][19][20][21][22]. However, most of the solutions developed in this field communicate through vision and a few involve other senses.…”

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confidence: 99%

“Mama, It’s Peacetime!”: Planning, Shifting, and Designing Activities in the Smart Grid Scenario

Katzeff¹,

Wessman²,

Colombo³

2017

Proceedings of the Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement - Sense and Sensitivity, DeSForM 2017

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In this paper, we describe a research-through-design (RtD) approach to investigate the potential of households' electricity load balancing in the smart grid. Through the design probe "Peacetime", householders explore peak hours as opportunities for serene and non-electricity consuming activities. During the 2 weeks, Peacetime was deployed in the homes of three households to explore an alternative framing of non-use of electricity to the commonly used framework for prompting people with feedback on their consumption. Households' active load balancing included planning of, replacing, reorganizing, and skipping everyday domestic activities. Results indicate that focus could be shifted from restricting electricity use to creating alternatives -leading to a positive framing of load balancing. The scenarios reflected in this paper differ from those of rational energy managers basing decisions of domestic life on complex facts and figures. Scenarios from the study portray how planning, reorganization, and time shifting of activities may be obtained with soft means emphasizing values of well-being and respect of the variation of households' social contexts.

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“…Recently, empirical evidence is being reported through studies that investigate the effectiveness of; alternative forms of eco-feedback such as ambient feedback display (e.g. Broms et al, 2010;Kim et al, 2010); frequency of information displayed (Fitzpatrick and Smith, 2009;Hargreaves, 2010); and using online eco-feedback systems (Selvefors et al, 2013).…”

Section: Design For Sustainable Energy Consumptionmentioning

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Design for sustainable behaviour: a case study of using human-power as an everyday energy source

Bhamra

Shin

2016

JDR

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Abstract:There is an increased focus on research identifying design strategies to influence user behaviour towards more sustainable action, known as Design for Sustainable Behaviour (DfSB). Recent literature in this field has introduced a number of design processes, and developed a model that emerged through consensus. However, not enough case studies are accompanied by those proposed strategies; therefore it is difficult to evaluate their effectiveness. This paper presents findings from a case study of inducing a sustainable behaviour -using human-power to drive an everyday Energy using Products (EuP). It presents the result of applying the strategy to an artefact and evaluation was carried through conducting a productin-use study. The analysis provide an explanation of how each of the participants cope with the use of new artefact and account for different types of motivations that have affected on their behaviour determinants.

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Coffee maker patterns and the design of energy feedback artefacts

Cited by 64 publications

References 11 publications

Social Translucence as a Theoretical Framework for Sustainable HCI

Social Translucence as a Theoretical Framework for Sustainable HCI

“Mama, It’s Peacetime!”: Planning, Shifting, and Designing Activities in the Smart Grid Scenario

Design for sustainable behaviour: a case study of using human-power as an everyday energy source

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