Lumen: A Case Study of Designing for Sustainable Energy Communities through Ambient Feedback

Anders Høgh Hansen, Rikke Hagensby Jensen*, Lasse Stausgaard Jensen, Emil Kongsgaard Guldager, Andreas Winkel Sigsgaard, Frederik Dalgaard Moroder, Dimitrios Raptis, Laurynas Siksnys, Torben Bach Pedersen, Mikael B. Skov

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Abstract

Within sustainable HCI research, we see a growing interest to study how designing interactive technology can improve the utilisation of renewable energy resources. In this case study, we explore the concept of energy communities and how technology can be designed to support people to cooperate around transitioning to a more sustainable use of electricity. To do so, we designed the Lumen prototype, which aims to support a small energy community in shifting domestic energy-consuming practices to align with times of high availability of sustainable energy. By creating awareness of current and future sustainable energy availability through an ambient feedback display, the Lumen prototype informs households about the community’s consumption patterns. To obtain insights into how people understand and experience an energy community, we conducted a qualitative field study with three Danish households. Through our study, we found sustainable awareness and incentives materialised in the ambient display were amplified by the dynamics of the community. We conclude by discussing future directions for exploring how to design technology for energy communities.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelProceedings of the 32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction
Antal sider6
ForlagAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato3 dec. 2020
Sider724-729
ISBN (Elektronisk)9781450389754
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 3 dec. 2020
Begivenhed32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Virtual, Sidney, Australien
Varighed: 2 dec. 20204 dec. 2020
http://www.ozchi.org/2020/

Konference

Konference32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
LokationVirtual
Land/OmrådeAustralien
BySidney
Periode02/12/202004/12/2020
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