Keeping energy visible? Exploring how householders interact with feedback from smart energy monitors in the longer term

Hargreaves, Tom; Nye, Michael; Burgess, Jacquelin

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.027

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“…Responding to this GEO (the technology developer) recruited a UEA research team to assist with the trial. Hargreaves et al (2010Hargreaves et al ( , 2013 describe several other forms of resistance to the governmentality of the IHDs in the VET trial (see also Hargreaves, 2014). Whilst many participants did use the monitors to develop an understanding of their normal electricity consumption, and indeed some developed a 'new' normal, the monitors did not produce significant examples of behaviour change or reconfigurations of the materiality of household energy consumption.…”

Section: Visible Energy Trialmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse

Chilvers

Longhurst

2016

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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This paper brings the transitions literature into conversation with constructivist Science and Technology Studies (STS) perspectives on participation for the first time.In doing so we put forward a conception of public and civil society engagement in sustainability transitions as co-produced, relational, and emergent. Through paying close attention to the ways in which the subjects, objects, and procedural formats of public engagement are constructed through the performance of participatory collectives, our approach offers a framework to open up to and symmetrically compare diverse and interconnected forms of participation that make up wider socio-technical systems. We apply this framework in a comparative analysis of four diverse cases of civil society involvement in UK low carbon energy transitions. This highlights similarities and differences in how these distinct participatory collectives are orchestrated, mediated, and subject to exclusions, as well as their effects in producing particular visions of the issue at stake and implicit models of participation and 'the public'. In conclusion we reflect on the value of this approach for opening up the politics of societal engagement in transitions, building systemic perspectives of interconnected 'ecologies of participation', and better accounting for the emergence, inherent uncertainties, and indeterminacies of all forms of participation in transitions.

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Section: Visible Energy Trialmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse

Chilvers

Longhurst

2016

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

235

213

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“…Eco-feedback systems, in theory, may be recognised as an applicable method for increasing the awareness of one's behaviour; however, it may only appeal to those who are environmentally motivated, and conservation benefits may reduce over a period of time (Hargreaves et al, 2013).…”

Section: Design For Sustainable Energy Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…In a study on smart energy monitors, Hargreaves, Nye, and Burgess (2013) found that after a relatively short time, such devices are used primarily to control households' discretionary energy use, whilst leaving "normal" usage unquestioned. Hence, providing feedback to households may, as Hargreaves et al (2013) indicate, result in an increased engagement in energy use, but at the same time this might result in people to a greater extent perceiving their energy use as "normal", and (therefore) not engaging in reducing their energy. It may lead them to be more defensive of their "normal" consumption in the face of future information campaigns.…”

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A Multi-Method Evaluation of the Potential for Using the Electricity Bill to Encourage Energy Savings in Norwegian Households

Sælen¹,

Westskog²

2013

EER

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This study explores whether the electricity bill can be used as a medium to deliver information that encourages energy conservation in Norwegian households. Two main categories of information were tested: social comparative feedback and information about the monetary savings that can be made through specific energy-saving measures. The study combines four methods. First, a focus group study gathered advice on the categories and design of information that could influence energy consumption, and addressed general issues on energy consumption. Second, a field experiment monitored actual electricity use in 1000 households over a period of 10 months. In addition, through a survey and a series of in-depth interviews, the experience of the participating households was investigated. The experiment showed no effect on actual consumption. One main barrier was that only half the sample noticed the information. This suggests that the potential for encouraging energy conservation through adding new information to the bill in Norway is limited. The bill is already quite informative and is becoming less relevant as an increasing share of consumers switch to electronic bills and direct debit, which decreases the attention they pay to their bills.

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Keeping energy visible? Exploring how householders interact with feedback from smart energy monitors in the longer term

Cited by 382 publications

References 23 publications

Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse

Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse

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

A Multi-Method Evaluation of the Potential for Using the Electricity Bill to Encourage Energy Savings in Norwegian Households

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