Washing with the Wind: A Study of Scripting towards Sustainability

Rikke Hagensby Jensen; Dimitrios Raptis; Jesper Kjeldskov; Mikael Skov

doi:10.1145/3196709.3196779

Washing with the Wind: A Study of Scripting towards Sustainability

Rikke Hagensby Jensen, Dimitrios Raptis, Jesper Kjeldskov, Mikael Skov

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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
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
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3196709.3196779
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

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Conference	Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of Designing Interactive Systems
Country/Territory	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

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Jensen, RH , Raptis, D , Kjeldskov, J & Skov, M 2018, Washing with the Wind: A Study of Scripting towards Sustainability. in DIS '18, Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1387-1400, Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of Designing Interactive Systems, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 09/06/2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3196709.3196779

Washing with the Wind : A Study of Scripting towards Sustainability. / Jensen, Rikke Hagensby ; Raptis, Dimitrios ; Kjeldskov, Jesper et al.

DIS '18, Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 1387-1400.

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