Energy saving at work - and when not working! Insights from a comparative study

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10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.21How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Eco-feedback; Sustainable Interaction Design; Workplace; Organizational Culture

Abstract

Reducing energy consumption is one of the most pursued economic and ecologic challenges concerning societies as a whole, individuals and organizations alike. While politics start taking measures for energy turnaround and smart home energy monitors are becoming popular, few studies have touched on sustainability in office environments so far, though they account for almost every second workplace in modern economics. In this paper, we present findings of two parallel studies in an organizational context using behavioral change oriented strategies to raise energy awareness. Next to demonstrating potentials, it shows that energy feedback needs must fit to the local organizational context to succeed and should consider typical work patterns to foster accountability of consumption.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Timo Jakobi
AU  - Gunnar Stevens
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - Energy saving at work - and when not working! Insights from a comparative study
BT  - Proceedings of EnviroInfo and ICT for Sustainability 2015
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 180
EP  - 189
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.21
DO  - 10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.21
ID  - Jakobi2015/09
ER  -