Where Are They Now?

Snow, Stephen; Viller, Stephen; Glencross, Mashhuda; Horrocks, Neil

doi:10.1145/3369457.3369501

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“…Some evaluations explicitly analyze the impacts that tools have on energy-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior, such as DeWaters and Powers (2006) [83] and Karpudewan et al (2015). [86] Other documents describe the impacts of the tools in different periods of time (Hedin and Zapico (2018) [91], Snow et al (2019) [92] and Keller et al (2022) [98]). Several of the works investigate the improvement in energy literacy using different educational programs, of which the research carried out by Bodzin et al stands out (2013) [84], in which a program with a focus on geospatial technologies is compared to the Business as Usual, and that of Rimm-Kaufman et al (2021) [95], with the evaluation of the impacts of a service-based energy learning program, also against a Business as Usual scenario.…”

Section: Improvement Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Literacy: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature

Santillán,

Cedano

2023

Energies

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Amidst the global energy crisis, governments are pursuing transitions towards low-carbon energy systems. In addition to physical infrastructure, political and regulatory enablers, and knowledge and capacities, changes in the energy systems require an energy-literate citizenship. Energy literacy is the understanding of how energy is generated, transported, stored, distributed, and used; awareness about its environmental and social impacts; and the knowledge to use it efficiently. The objective of the study is to provide a systematic review of the literature concerning energy literacy. In the methodology followed, the 138 papers found were categorized and subcategorized according to the research field and the main research objective, respectively. The papers are later described together with similar studies. Results show that most of the work performed around energy literacy addresses its evaluation among different groups, particularly students at different levels, and the construction, application, and evaluation of tools for improving energy literacy. Also studied are the influence of energy literacy in decision-making, its drivers, and conceptual research about the topic. The discussion highlights the debate on the link between energy-literate persons and efficient energy use, the under-researched areas of energy literacy, and the key role of energy literacy in addressing the energy crisis.

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Section: Improvement Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Literacy: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature

Santillán,

Cedano

2023

Energies

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“…More recently, HCI research has also complemented eco-feedback with concepts such as ecoforecasting (e.g., [27,33,45]) in realizing that an overview of past consumption might not be enough to help people plan and change their behavior. Despite these attempts, HCI studies report that ecofeedback often does not change consumer behavior for reasons such as people already having established practices that do not fit with the intended behavior change [19,50], or technology assuming every user has the knowledge and willingness to act [52].…”

Section: Domestic Energy Consumption In Hcimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Those participants felt alienated because these parts of the world were concealed and reduced by Watts. New technology not aligning with existing electricity or heating consuming practices has also been widely regarded as a barrier to sustainable change in HCI (e.g., [19,50,52]). To this end, Kiran [32] argues that practices often conceal alternative behavior.…”

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Postphenomenological Dimensions of Digitally Mediated Domestic Heating

Svangren

Raptis

Ananjeva

et al. 2022

Nordic Human-Computer Interaction Conference

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Designing interactive technology to support and reduce domestic energy consumption has occupied HCI researchers for decades. This paper extends this body of HCI research by using postphenomenology as an analytical lens to understand how the digital energy assistant' Watts' mediates domestic district heating. We base our inquiry on empirical insights from a two-year study. We conducted informal meetings, focus groups with seven households before Watts' distribution, two rounds of semi-structured interviews with seven household representatives using Watts, and 304 questionnaire respondents. We illustrate findings in three postphenomenological dimensions -practical, ontological, and epistemological -showing a two-sidedness of technology-mediated domestic district heating. For instance, Watts enables some to reduce heating by magnifying certain new aspects of consumption, but also constrains others from doing the same by concealing the "raw" consumption data. Finally, we discuss four tensions of Watts mediation and how postphenomenology can complement HCI studies on domestic energy consumption. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI.

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Towards Designing Smart Home Energy Applications for Effective Use

Bluhm

Staudt²,

Weinhardt³

2022

The Transdisciplinary Reach of Design Science Research

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To reduce climate change, considerable behavioral changes are required from private households, who often have a low energy literacy and are therefore unaware of the necessary behavioral change.We introduce a Design Science Research project with the aim to increase energy literacy. To this end, we contribute a theory-grounded design theory for a Smart Home Energy Application based on effective use.In comparison to previous approaches for designing Smart Home Energy Applications, the design process is user-centered.We combine semi-structured interviews with a structured survey and a literature review to derive meta requirements and deduct preliminary design principles mapping them to a prototype.The intermediate results of this study inform research and practice by providing valuable insights on how users interact with a Smart Home Energy Application. The design principles enable the design of information systems allowing for effective use and contribute to a more sustainable energy behavior of households.

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Where Are They Now?

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Energy Literacy: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature

Energy Literacy: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature

Postphenomenological Dimensions of Digitally Mediated Domestic Heating

Towards Designing Smart Home Energy Applications for Effective Use

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