Motivating Sustainable Energy Consumption in the Home

He, H.A. and Greenberg, S. (2009)
Motivating Sustainable Energy Consumption in the Home. In ACM CHI Workshop on Defining the Role of HCI in the Challenges of Sustainability. (Workshop held at the ACM CHI Conference), 5 Pages, April. Also in: ACM CSCW Workshop on Designing for Families (Workshop held at the ACM CSCW Conference), November, 2008. Also as Research Report 2008-914-27, September.

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Abstract

Technologies are just now being developed that encourage sustainable energy usage in the home. One approach is to give home residents feedback of their energy consumption, typically presented using a computer visualization. The expectation is that this feedback will motivate home residents to change their energy behaviors in positive ways. Yet little attention has been paid to what exactly motivates such behavioral change. This paper provides a brief overview of theories in psychology and social psychology on what does, and does not motivate sustainable energy action in the home.

Keywords

Sustainable living, energy consumption, behavior change

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@INPROCEEDINGS { 2009-MotivatingSustainability.CHIWorkshop,
CLASS = { WORKSHOP },
AUTHOR = { He, H.A. and Greenberg, S. },
TITLE = { Motivating Sustainable Energy Consumption in the Home },
BOOKTITLE = { ACM CHI Workshop on Defining the Role of HCI in the Challenges of Sustainability },
YEAR = { 2009 },
MONTH = { April },
PAGES = { 5 Pages },
ADDRESS = { Workshop held at the ACM CHI Conference },
KEYWORDS = { Sustainable living, energy consumption, behavior change },
NOTE = { Also in: ACM CSCW Workshop on Designing for Families (Workshop held at the ACM CSCW Conference), November, 2008. Also as Research Report 2008-914-27, September },
}