Potentials of energy consumption measurements in office environments

DOI

10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.39How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Eco-feedback; Sustainable Interaction Design; Workplace; Case-Study

Abstract

Reducing energy consumption is one of the most pursued economic and ecological challenges concerning societies as a whole, individuals and organizations alike. At the same time, advances in ubiquitous computing now allow for comprehensively measuring energy consumption in close detail. Still, few studies have touched on understanding what use could be made of such data streams within office environments, though they account for almost every second workplace in modern economies. In this paper, we present findings of an energy feedback study conducted in an organizational context using behavioral change oriented strategies to raise energy awareness. Apart from demonstrating the potentials of this approach, we highlight contextual challenges to overcome for success and pitfalls to avoid. For making effects of feedback interventions sustainable, we finally sketch how energy consumption data could be included into organizational processes, for supporting sustainable action in organizations across departments.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

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  - Potentials of energy consumption measurements in office environments
BT  - Proceedings of EnviroInfo and ICT for Sustainability 2015
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 345
EP  - 352
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.39
DO  - 10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.39
ID  - Jakobi2015/09
ER  -