Foster, Derek and Lawson, Shaun and Linehan, Conor and Wardman, Jamie and Blythe, Mark (2012) 'Watts in it for me?' Design implications for implementing effective energy interventions in organisations. In: CHI 2012, 5-10 May 2012, Austin, Texas.

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Abstract

The design of technological interventions to motivate behaviour-based reductions in end-user energy consumption has recently been identified as a priority for the HCI community. Previous interventions have produced promising results, but have typically focused on domestic energy consumption. By contrast, this paper focuses on the workplace context, which presents very different opportunities and challenges. For instance, financial consequences, which have proved successful as motivations in the domestic environment, are not present in the workplace in the context of employees. We describe the outcome of a sequence of workshops that focussed on understanding employee perceptions of energy use in the workplace, with the locus of activity on energy intervention design. Using a grounded theory analysis, we produced a framework of key themes detailing user perceptions and energy intervention design considerations. Our findings provide a framework of considerations for the design of successful workplace energy interventions.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords:	energy, sustainability, behaviour change, HCI, persuasive technologies, organisations, ref11, refdoi
Subjects:	G Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G400 Computer Science G Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G440 Human-computer Interaction
Divisions:	College of Sciences > Faculty of Science > Lincoln School of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Derek Foster
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2012 20:48
Last Modified:	15 May 2013 08:27
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/4886

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