Just Share It! Designing for Justice in Peer-to-Peer Energy-sharing

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Abstract

Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy-sharing systems are emerging as infrastructures that let local communities participate in sustainable energy transitions. By forecasting energy production and consumption, energy community members can share energy with their peers to achieve local environmental, economic, and social benefits. Despite hopes that energy community projects will promote justice, P2P energy-sharing and related infrastructures may exacerbate injustices related to energy access, community participation, and recognition of rights. We present Just Share It!, a speculative tablet-based P2P energy-sharing system. This system questions how we might design for energy justice by presenting users with choices for P2P energy-sharing grounded in research on energy community justice. In doing this, we discuss how HCI might design for justice in energy transitions, as well as tensions that may arise.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDIS '24 Companion : Companion Publication of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
EditorsAnna Vallgårda, Li Jönsson, Jonas Fritsch, Sarah Fdili Alaoui, Christopher A. Le Dantec
Number of pages5
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date1 Jul 2024
Pages266-270
ISBN (Electronic)9798400706325
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2024
EventDesigning Interactive Systems 2024: Why Design? - IT University, København, Denmark
Duration: 1 Jul 20245 Jul 2024
https://dis.acm.org/2024/

Conference

ConferenceDesigning Interactive Systems 2024
LocationIT University
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityKøbenhavn
Period01/07/202405/07/2024
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Keywords

  • energy communities
  • energy justice
  • P2P energy-sharing
  • speculative design

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