Abstract
Within sustainable HCI research, we have witnessed a growing interest in studying interaction designs that support households to ‘shift’ energy usage to times when it is sustainably favourable. In this paper, we investigate shifting through a purposely provocative and scripted design, which challenges the idea that renewable electricity is an always- available resource for households to consume. To do so, we made electricity for washing laundry either free or not available. We conducted a detailed qualitative study with four families that experienced our intervention for a month. We present five themes that illustrate how families adapted, reflected, and formed new routines and expectations related to washing practices. We discuss the broader implications of combining scripting and provocation as a means to intervene, disrupt and understand energy consuming practices within the home.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | DIS '18, Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publication date | 9 Jun 2018 |
| Pages | 1387-1400 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450351980 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-5198-0 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Jun 2018 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of Designing Interactive Systems - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 9 Jun 2018 → 13 Jun 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of Designing Interactive Systems |
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| Country | Hong Kong |
| City | Hong Kong |
| Period | 09/06/2018 → 13/06/2018 |
Keywords
- Energy consumption
- scripting
- provocation
- sustainability
- shifting
- field study
- Sustainability
- Shifting
- Provocation
- Field study
- Scripting