Designing eco-feedback systems for everyday life
By Yolande A. A. Strengers. International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011
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Eco-feedback systems currently frame householders as micro-resource managers, who weigh up the costs and benefits of their consumption, and make autonomous, rational and efficient decisions. Reporting on findings from a qualitative study of three Australian energy and water eco-feedback programs utilising an in-home display (IHD) system, this paper challenges this view. The research finds that householders consume energy and water to carry out everyday practices, such as showering, laundering and cooling, which are mediated by social, cultural, technical and institutional dynamics. The paper proposes an alternative design paradigm for eco-feedback systems premised on the realities of everyday life and identifies several design directions that emerge from this new starting point.
Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Human-Computer Interaction
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Citations in the corpus
- Peak electricity demand and social practice theories: Reframing the role of change agents in the energy sector (2012, background): “In these examples, the role of the consumer changes: they are no longer passive recipients of complex networks and systems (electricity or fuel), but co-managers of their own practices, involving dynamics of both supply and demand (Chappells & Shove 2004; Strengers 2011a; Van Vliet et al. 2005).”
- Learning from a learning thermostat: lessons for intelligent systems for the home (2013, background): “[23], however, pointed out that obtaining information did not always cause people to take action or change their behaviors.”
- Negotiating everyday life: The role of energy and water consumption feedback (2011, background): “…for consumption through ‘traffic light’ feedback Traffic light feedback was provided to householders participating in the EcoPioneer pilot programme, who were shown when they were consuming a low (green), medium (yellow) or high (red) amount of electricity (See Figure 2; Strengers, 2011b).”