Abstract
We report a design investigation that seeks to help people to conserve water in their homes through the use of mobile technology. To persuade people to use water more wisely, one approach is to give them tailored information about their water use and about other people's usage. Investigating this approach, a mobile application was implemented to explore the role of three different sources of information (weather, expert's advice and community information). Based on the evaluation, several themes for designing mobile technology for gardeners were identified. Findings from the study show that gardeners want more tailored messages from the system, and advice should come from more than one source of information, to have a greater opportunity to persuade.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Pages | 243-252 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450310901 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2011 - Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Duration: 28 Nov 2011 → 2 Dec 2011 Conference number: 23rd https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2071536 (Proceedings) |
Conference
| Conference | Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2011 |
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| Abbreviated title | OZCHI 2011 |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Canberra |
| Period | 28/11/11 → 2/12/11 |
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