Abstract
Over the past decade there has been an increased focus on eco-feedback systems for electricity consumption due to emerging technologies that allow detailed and real-time usage data to be collected and presented to users. In this paper, we present the design of an always-on ecofeedback display, PowerViz, that provides information about people's power usage in their homes at an appliance level. In our study, we found that PowerViz increased awareness towards energy consumption, gave householders a better understanding of high consumption devices and made it easy for them to isolate and respond to unnecessary or "greedy" appliances by turning them off or changing their use patterns. We also found that an ambient display of the household's total current electricity use both informed and attracted people to use the system when power usage became unusually high.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014 |
Editors | Toni Robertson, Kenton O'Hara, Greg Wadley, Lian Loke, Tuck Leong |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 332-341 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450306539 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2014 - University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia Duration: 2 Dec 2014 → 5 Dec 2014 Conference number: 26th http://www.ozchi.org/ozchi2014/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2686612 (Proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2014 |
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Abbreviated title | OZCHI 2014 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Sydney |
Period | 2/12/14 → 5/12/14 |
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Keywords
- Always-on display
- Design
- Eco-feedback
- Electricity
- Situated display
- Sustainability
- Technology probe