Combining Persuasive Computing and User Centered Design into an Energy Awareness System for Smart Houses

Vilarinho, Thomas; Farshchian, Babak A.; Wienhofen, Leendert W. M.; Franang, Thomas Aleksander; Gulbrandsen, Hakon

doi:10.1109/ie.2016.14

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“…ChArGED (CleAnweb Gamified Energy Disaggregation) proposé par Dimitriou et al [14] présente un arbre qui se développe en fonction de la quantité d'énergie économisée et des défis accomplis. Vilarinho et al [54] proposent CoSSMunity qui, à travers des graphiques et des visualisations de jauges ayant la forme d'arbres et de forêts, affiche un score énergétique.…”

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“…À l'issue des séances de brainstorming et de deux études en ligne, nous avons opté pour un design bio-inspiré. À l'instar de ChArGED[14] ou de CoSSMunity[54], nous avons choisi d'agrémenter notre histogramme présentant la disponibilité des énergies renouvelables d'un inceptif visuel émotionnel sous la forme d'une plante vivante.En outre, pour les interfaces à éco-feedback, Chalal et al[5] recommandent de combiner des visualisations, telles que les graphiques à barres, avec des représentations artistiques inspirées de la nature car "cela semble augmenter l'engagement de l'utilisateur final dans un comportement pro-environnemental" et les utilisateurs "qui développent un attachement émotionnel aux représentations inspirées de la nature se montrent plus soucieux de l'environnement". Tout au long du cycle de conception, nous nous assurons que le système paraisse visuellement esthétique aux utilisateurs (voir tableau 2 catégorie "Supporter le dialogue", fonction "Goût/Préférence") afin de renforcer sa force persuasive[32].…”

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Validating Design Choices of a Bio-Inspired Histogram to Support a Shared Practice of Clean Energy at the Workplace

Bouzekri

Rivière

2023

IHM '23: Proceedings of the 34th Conference on l'Interaction Humain-Machine

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Faced with the challenges presented by climate change, many interfaces presenting feedback on available, consumed or saved energy resources have been proposed to support a change of behavior towards a more environmental one in the field of sustainable HCI. If, for this purpose, bio-inspired systems have been proposed, few of them are presented in a tangible way or as histograms. This, despite encouraging results, as much in terms of awareness of energy consumption as in terms of emotional connection developed with the system, of artistic interfaces aiming at the commitment in an environmental behavior. With the aim of designing a system to support users in a shared practice of shifting energy demand, we present the results of the first steps of our approach. This paper focuses on design choice validation at an early stage of the design and development cycle, before spending time and money on physical prototyping; studying behavior change remains outside the scope of this work. Thus, the results presented concern the effectiveness and UX of static and animated mock-ups of eco-prediction and eco-feedback interfaces in the form of bio-inspired histograms. The results indicate that the efficacy of a bio-inspired histogram compared to a conventional histogram is lower. The second study shows that part of this loss of efficacy can be resolved by contextualizing the data. Also, without being significative, the leaf plant metaphor is found to be more effective and aesthetic than a metaphor closer to a classical histogram inspired by bamboo. We conclude that the leaf plant metaphor can be used for an eco-forecast and eco-feedback interface in the form of a histogram to shift the energy demand of battery-capable devices.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI; Field studies; • Social and professional topics → Sustainability.

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Validating Design Choices of a Bio-Inspired Histogram to Support a Shared Practice of Clean Energy at the Workplace

Bouzekri

Rivière

2023

IHM '23: Proceedings of the 34th Conference on l'Interaction Humain-Machine

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“…Self-consumption of photovoltaic (PV) energy entails using the electricity generated from photovoltaic systems by the power producer, contracted associates, or private household systems without injecting it into the grid. Given that PV technology is the leading contributor to distributed power generation, it presents a significant opportunity for promoting self-consumption practices [92,93]. In combination with local storage, system owners may optimize revenues by participating in energy markets, typically via aggregators.…”

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Review of Serious Energy Games: Objectives, Approaches, Applications, Data Integration, and Performance Assessment

Nasrollahi,

Lampropoulos,

Werning

et al. 2023

Energies

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In recent years, serious energy games (SEGs) garnered increasing attention as an innovative and effective approach to tackling energy-related challenges. This review delves into the multifaceted landscape of SEG, specifically focusing on their wide-ranging applications in various contexts. The study investigates potential enhancements in user engagement achieved through integrating social connections, personalization, and data integration. Among the main challenges identified, previous studies overlooked the full potential of serious games in addressing emerging needs in energy systems, opting for oversimplified approaches. Further, these studies exhibit limited scalability and constrained generalizability, which poses challenges in applying their findings to larger energy systems and diverse scenarios. By incorporating lessons learned from prior experiences, this review aims to propel the development of SEG toward more innovative and impactful directions. It is firmly believed that positive behavior changes among individuals can be effectively encouraged by using SEG.

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“…Given these realities, it would appear that the principles and practices of user-centered design (UCD) can offer valuable tools for improving the design and user experience of virtual environments by optimizing their architecture. UCD has already been beneficially applied in the design of real-world buildings [34,35] as well as in the design of smart-home systems [36][37][38][39], which combines elements of conventional UCD for electronic devices with unique architectural considerations. Moreover, UCD practices have been applied to virtual reality in contexts involving the development of VR platforms for rehabilitation [40], access to medical images during surgery [41], training [42], battlefield visualization [43], and interfaces for virtual museums [44][45][46] as well as with the goal of employing virtual reality to facilitate user-centered design of other products [47].…”

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A Phenomenological Framework of Architectural Paradigms for the User-Centered Design of Virtual Environments

Gladden

2018

MTI

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In some circumstances, immersion in virtual environments with the aid of virtual reality (VR) equipment can create feelings of anxiety in users and be experienced as something “frightening”, “oppressive”, “alienating”, “dehumanizing”, or “dystopian”. Sometimes (e.g., in exposure therapy or VR gaming), a virtual environment is intended to have such psychological impacts on users; however, such effects can also arise unintentionally due to the environment’s poor architectural design. Designers of virtual environments may employ user-centered design (UCD) to incrementally improve a design and generate a user experience more closely resembling the type desired; however, UCD can yield suboptimal results if an initial design relied on an inappropriate architectural approach. This study developed a framework that can facilitate the purposeful selection of the most appropriate architectural approach by drawing on Norberg-Schulz’s established phenomenological account of real-world architectural modes. By considering the unique possibilities for structuring and experiencing space within virtual environments and reinterpreting Norberg-Schulz’s schemas in the context of virtual environment design, a novel framework was formulated that explicates six fundamental “architectural paradigms” available to designers of virtual environments. It was shown that the application of this framework could easily be incorporated as an additional step within the UCD process.

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Combining Persuasive Computing and User Centered Design into an Energy Awareness System for Smart Houses

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Validating Design Choices of a Bio-Inspired Histogram to Support a Shared Practice of Clean Energy at the Workplace

Validating Design Choices of a Bio-Inspired Histogram to Support a Shared Practice of Clean Energy at the Workplace

Review of Serious Energy Games: Objectives, Approaches, Applications, Data Integration, and Performance Assessment

A Phenomenological Framework of Architectural Paradigms for the User-Centered Design of Virtual Environments

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