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11 - Computer Science and Informatics
University of Southampton
Understanding domestic energy consumption through interactive visualisation: a field study
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<20>This work introduces a novel approach to the display of energy consumption information, combining different areas of HCI.
Our novel design is focussed on interaction relating historical consumption data to real-life activities, while existing solutions were limited to passive displays of instantaneous or coarsely aggregated data. The low-cost high-fidelity prototyping approach we adopted makes a methodological contribution. This work led to a ~£0.3M EPSRC funded project (EP/K002589/1) in collaboration with the Nottingham University.
The work was validated through a field trial, where the FigureEnergy system was installed in 12 houses and used over 4 weeks.