A Case Study of Situating Energy Temporality towards Designing for Communal Energy

Kristina Skjødt Secher, Victor Vadmand Jensen, Rikke Hagensby Jensen*, Maria Kjærup Overgaard, Ida Thoft Christiansen

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/proceedingKonferencebidrag i proceedingsForskningpeer review

38 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Local participation in energy systems has seen increasing attention towards supporting sustainable transitions. In energy communities, local actors gather around renewable energy initiatives to coordinate energy production and consumption. In such communities, digital technology is envisioned to support individual householders in "shifting" energy demands in time and place. However, social understandings of energy temporality in everyday practices may challenge notions of how digital technologies can support ambitions of shifting. This paper presents a case study of a newly established energy community in Denmark, focusing on solar energy produced at the local high school and its students. Through a workshop with 36 students, we identify nine energy-related practices performed as part of everyday school life. We show how such practices are messy, which practices might change, and where this change may occur. We use this to discuss research and practical implications for practice-oriented design in energy communities.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelNordiCHI '24 : Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Antal sider11
ForlagAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato13 okt. 2024
Artikelnummer82
ISBN (Trykt)979-8-4007-0966-1
ISBN (Elektronisk)9798400709661
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 13 okt. 2024
BegivenhedNordiCHI 2024: Live – Uniting HCI for a Hyperlocal and Global Experience
- Uppsala, Sverige
Varighed: 13 okt. 202416 okt. 2024
Konferencens nummer: 13
https://www.nordichi2024.se/

Konference

KonferenceNordiCHI 2024: Live – Uniting HCI for a Hyperlocal and Global Experience
Nummer13
Land/OmrådeSverige
ByUppsala
Periode13/10/202416/10/2024
Internetadresse

Emneord

  • energy communities
  • energy temporality
  • energy-consuming practices
  • future technologies

Citationsformater