Sensors, sense-making and sensitivities: UK household experiences with a feedback display on energy consumption and indoor environmental conditions
| Autor: | Ashish Shukla, Emily Creamer, Obiajulu Chukwudi Iweka, Nicholas Adams, Rosie Day, Mark Gaterell, Atif Hussain, Victoria L. Brown, Georgina Wood, Shuli Liu, Dan van der Horst, Panagiotis Petridis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
EP/K002635/2
EP/L013681 Public housing Process (engineering) Energy management 020209 energy Dashboard (business) Energy Engineering and Power Technology 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Domestic energy consumption Agency (sociology) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Experiential knowledge 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment RCUK Energy consumption Environmental economics EPSRC Fuel Technology Nuclear Energy and Engineering EP/K002716/1 Business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Wood, G, Day, R, Creamer, E, van der Horst, D, Hussain, A, Liu, S, Shukla, A, Iweka, O, Gaterell, M, Petridis, P, Adams, N & Brown, V 2019, ' Sensors, sense-making and sensitivities: UK household experiences with a feedback display on energy consumption and indoor environmental conditions ', Energy Research and Social Science, vol. 55, pp. 93-105 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.04.013 Wood, G, Day, R, Creamer, E, Van Der Horst, D, Hussain, A, Liu, S, Shukla, A, Iweka, O, Gaterell, M, Petridis, P, Adams, N & Brown, V 2019, ' Sensors, sense-making and sensitivities: UK household experiences with a feedback display on energy consumption and indoor environmental conditions ', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 55, pp. 93-105 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.04.013 |
| Popis: | Smart metering of domestic energy use allows consumer feedback through in-home displays (IHDs), websites or smart phone apps. Research has illustrated the need for additional ‘sense-making’ information to help households make informed energy-related decisions. This study investigates how household members respond when energy consumption data is integrated with information on indoor environmental conditions (IECs) and coupled with advice on energy saving actions. An integrated system of energy meters and IEC sensors was trialled in 19 predominantly social housing properties in the Midlands (England). Households were provided with a tablet computer and feedback was provided via a dedicated ‘Energy Dashboard’ web-based software application (app). The app was designed in collaboration with the social housing provider to display electricity and gas consumption data as well as data on three IECs: relative humidity, carbon dioxide and temperature. This paper draws on the findings from two rounds of semi-structured interviews with participants. All respondents using the app reported that they made use of the IEC data within the sense-making process, finding temperature and humidity to be useful in linking energy consumption, activities and household conditions. Interpretation of IEC data tended to increase with time as understanding increased. However, different users ‘noticed’, ‘interpreted’ and ‘enacted’ information differently as they integrated this with other sources of information, such as feedback from household members and experiential knowledge. The findings suggest that, whilst incorporating greater contextual information, such as IECs, into feedback displays can help users make sense of domestic energy consumption, the outcomes of the sense-making process will be different for different households. Nevertheless, the provision of such information appears to support householders to make decisions about their energy management that they feel appropriate for their household’s wellbeing needs, within the bounds of their agency. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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