Coffee maker patterns and the design of energy feedback artefacts

Smart electricity meters and home displays are being installed in people's homes with the assumption that households will make the necessary efforts to reduce their electricity consumption. However, present solutions do not sufficiently account for the social implications of design. There is a potential for greater savings if we can better understand how such designs affect behaviour. In this paper, we describe our design of an energy awareness artefact

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ACMDIS
• Authors: Loove Broms, Cecilia Katzeff, Magnus Bång, Åsa Nyblom, Sara Ilstedt Hjelm, Karin Ehrnberger
• Keywords: ACMDIS 2010, Energy AWARE Clock, Human Computer Interaction, Smart Electricity Meters, User Study