Wattsup?: Motivating reductions in domestic energy consumption using social networks

NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 178-187

  Foster, Derek ^a   Lawson, Shaun ^a   Blythe, Mark ^b   Cairns, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive energy saving; Persuasive technology; Social networking; Sustainability; User experience

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SAVING; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SUSTAINABILITY; USER EXPERIENCE;

COMPETITION; DISPLAY DEVICES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 78650116570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1868914.1868938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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