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Towards engaged consumption: new sources of inspiration for eco-feedback design

Towards engaged consumption: new sources of inspiration for eco-feedback design
Towards engaged consumption: new sources of inspiration for eco-feedback design
Eco-feedback interventions are capable of producing reductions in household energy consumption. Yet less is known about exactly how this reduction is achieved, how to maximise user engagement, or how to effectively translate engagement into energy saving. This paper discusses design opportunities for eco-feedback systems through observations of domestic energy use in both Western and rural developing world contexts. Drawing on case studies from these two contexts including 21 empirical interviews, we present an alternative framework for human-resource interaction, highlighting design opportunities for a transition towards more engaged and sustainable energy consumption among users.
eco-feedback, resource use, electricity, engaged consumption
0302-9743
117-124
Snow, Stephen
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Brereton, Margot
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Snow, Stephen
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Brereton, Margot
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Snow, Stephen and Brereton, Margot (2013) Towards engaged consumption: new sources of inspiration for eco-feedback design. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8120, 117-124. (doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40498-6_8).

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Eco-feedback interventions are capable of producing reductions in household energy consumption. Yet less is known about exactly how this reduction is achieved, how to maximise user engagement, or how to effectively translate engagement into energy saving. This paper discusses design opportunities for eco-feedback systems through observations of domestic energy use in both Western and rural developing world contexts. Drawing on case studies from these two contexts including 21 empirical interviews, we present an alternative framework for human-resource interaction, highlighting design opportunities for a transition towards more engaged and sustainable energy consumption among users.

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Published date: 2013
Keywords: eco-feedback, resource use, electricity, engaged consumption
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 386442
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/386442
ISSN: 0302-9743
PURE UUID: 6623a9b5-0e13-4571-a749-34171f7700e7

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Author: Stephen Snow
Author: Margot Brereton

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