Lumen: A Case Study of Designing for Sustainable Energy Communities through Ambient Feedback

Anders Høgh Hansen; Rikke Hagensby Jensen; Lasse Stausgaard Jensen; Emil Kongsgaard Guldager; Andreas Winkel Sigsgaard; Frederik Moroder; Dimitrios Raptis; Laurynas Siksnys; Torben Pedersen; Mikael B. Skov

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Lumen: A Case Study of Designing for Sustainable Energy Communities through Ambient Feedback

Anders Høgh Hansen, Rikke Hagensby Jensen, Lasse Stausgaard Jensen, Emil Kongsgaard Guldager, Andreas Winkel Sigsgaard, Frederik Moroder, Dimitrios Raptis, Laurynas Siksnys, Torben Pedersen, Mikael B. Skov

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Abstract

Within sustainable HCI research, we see a growing interest to study how designing interactive technology can improve the utilisation of renewable energy resources. In this case study, we explore the concept of energy communities and how technology can be designed to support people to cooperate around transitioning to a more sustainable use of electricity. To do so, we designed the Lumen prototype, which aims to support a small energy community in shifting domestic energy-consuming practices to align with times of high availability of sustainable energy. By creating awareness of current and future sustainable energy availability through an ambient feedback display, the Lumen prototype informs households about the community's consumption patterns. To obtain insights into how people understand and experience an energy community, we conducted a qualitative field study with three Danish households. Through our study, we found sustainable awareness and incentives materialised in the ambient display were amplified by the dynamics of the community. We conclude by discussing future directions for exploring how to design technology for energy communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 32nd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2020
Editors	Naseem Ahmadpour, Tuck Leong, Bernd Ploderer, Callum Parker, Sarah Webber, Diego Munoz, Lian Loke, Martin Tomitsch
Number of pages	6
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Publication date	2 Dec 2020
Pages	724-729
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450389754
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3441000.3441001
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	32nd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2020 - Virtual, Online, Australia Duration: 2 Dec 2020 → 4 Dec 2020

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Conference	32nd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2020
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Virtual, Online
Period	02/12/2020 → 04/12/2020

Keywords

ambient design
case studies
Energy communities
SDG
sustainable energy

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Hansen, A. H., Jensen, R. H., Stausgaard Jensen, L., Guldager, E. K., Sigsgaard, A. W., Moroder, F., Raptis, D., Siksnys, L., Pedersen, T., & Skov, M. B. (2020). Lumen: A Case Study of Designing for Sustainable Energy Communities through Ambient Feedback. In N. Ahmadpour, T. Leong, B. Ploderer, C. Parker, S. Webber, D. Munoz, L. Loke, & M. Tomitsch (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2020 (pp. 724-729). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1145/3441000.3441001

Hansen, Anders Høgh ; Jensen, Rikke Hagensby ; Stausgaard Jensen, Lasse et al. / Lumen : A Case Study of Designing for Sustainable Energy Communities through Ambient Feedback. Proceedings of the 32nd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2020. editor / Naseem Ahmadpour ; Tuck Leong ; Bernd Ploderer ; Callum Parker ; Sarah Webber ; Diego Munoz ; Lian Loke ; Martin Tomitsch. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2020. pp. 724-729

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