Mapping the landscape of sustainable HCI

DiSalvo, Carl; Sengers, Phoebe; Brynjarsdóttir, Hrönn

doi:10.1145/1753326.1753625

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“…The measurement and display of energy consumption surface these in terms of issues around apportionment and accountability. The future design of any widespread energy monitoring system will, by the very nature of the energy data collected, be embedded within a range of concerns about the nature of sustainability [7].…”

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“…The ability of the technology that captures and makes available information on energy use has been a major focus for researchers in HCI and ubiquitous computing. Researchers have sought to promote awareness of energy consumption as a way of encouraging changes in peoples' behaviour [7]. A critical feature of much of this work has been the development and deployment of devices and interfaces that surface energy consumption in order to make consumption accountable to consumers and thus motivate them to reduce energy use.…”

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Exploring Reactions to Widespread Energy Monitoring

Colley

Bedwell

Crabtree

et al. 2013

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2013

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Abstract. This paper explores the measurement, apportionment and representation of widespread energy monitoring. We explicate the accountability to users of the data collected by this type of monitoring when it is presented to them as a single daylong picture. We developed a technology probe that combines energy measurement from the home, workplace and the journeys that connect these spaces. Through deployment of this probe with five users for one month we find that measurement need not be seamless for it to be accountable; that apportionment is key to making consumption for communal spaces accountable and that people can readily make useful inferences about their energy consumption from daylong pictures formed from widespread monitoring. Finally, we present four issues raised by the probe -the nature of real world monitoring, the dynamic and social nature of apportionment, disclosure of energy data and alignment of incentives with consumption -that need to be addressed in future research.

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Exploring Reactions to Widespread Energy Monitoring

Colley

Bedwell

Crabtree

et al. 2013

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2013

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“…There has been much research during the last decade on using persuasive technologies and eco-visualizations to promote energy conservation. Energy conservation is a dominant topic in using persuasive technologies for sustainability and Sustainable HCI research [2]. Technologies such as smart meters allow to measure and provide accurate feedback on energy consumption at both household level and appliance level.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Finally, for analyzing the question "What was your experience of using this tool for learning about energy awareness compared to more conventional learning methods", a basic coding was used where the answers were categorized as Only positive (35), Mixed (16), Only negative (0), Neither (3) and Other/unclear (2). Next, all descriptive words or units used for describing the tool or its use were collected from the responses, coded so that similar words were grouped and then used for calculating word frequencies.…”

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Kilowh.at – Increasing Energy Awareness Using an Interactive Energy Comparison Tool

Hedin

Zapico

2017

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract:Reducing the use of energy is important for several reasons, such as saving money and reducing impact on the climate. However, the awareness among non-experts of how much energy is required by different activities is generally low, which can lead to wrong prioritizations. In this study, we have developed an interactive tool to increase "energy awareness". A group of 58 students first did a test to benchmark their current energy awareness, then tried the tool for 10 minutes, and then did the same test immediately after trying the prototype and one week after trying the prototype. In addition, they answered questions regarding which, if any, of the energy requirement of different activities surprised them, any thoughts about their own energy used aroused after using the prototype and what they thought about using the tool compared to more conventional methods of learning. The results showed a significant learning effect in energy awareness with a very strong effect size of 1.689, that they were most surprised by the energy required to produce a hamburger, 39 of 58 explicitly said they intended to change one or more aspects in order to improve their energy use, where 24 actions involved changing habits and 18 actions was of a one-time investment character. The attitude towards using such a tool instead of more conventional learning was very good and the words most frequently used to describe the tool was good, simple and easy to use, fun, and interesting, but five users also said they were bored after a while. In total the results indicate that using an interactive tool like this even for a limited time is a good way to in an efficient and fun way increase energy awareness.

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“…Designing technology for sustainable lifestyles is complex, requiring considerations of various experiential dimensions including values, ideologies, facts, inspiration, and usability [5,6,9,10,17,25,26]. Sweden, being a country in northern Europe with a winter season, imports twice as much agriculture produce as is exported.…”

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Performativity in sustainable interaction

Normark

Tholander

2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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The EcoFriends application was developed as an attempt to support grocery shopping adjusted to vegetables' seasonality through a performative approach to interaction and interactive applications. The design aimed for critical reflection and inspiration among users, rather than achieving a certain kind of persuasion. It guided the practical design to be modelled on playfulness and challenging of ideas. It also allowed us to identify a number of critical issues regarding interactive technology and interaction design, related to aspects of knowledge and truth, trust, and responsibility. We argue that research addressing design for interactions about value-laden concepts such as sustainable action need find ways of supporting various knowledge discourses.

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Mapping the landscape of sustainable HCI

Cited by 591 publications

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Exploring Reactions to Widespread Energy Monitoring

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