Motivating domestic energy conservation through comparative, community-based feedback in mobile and social media

C and T 2011 - 5th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 21-30

  Petkov, Petromil ^a   Köbler, Felix ^b   Foth, Marcus ^a   Krcmar, Helmut ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

comparative feedback; energy monitoring; environmental sustainability; persuasive applications; social networking; sustainable HCI; urban informatics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSUMER; ENERGY MONITOR; ENERGY MONITORING; ENERGY USAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEEDBACK TYPE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INFORMATICS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VISUALIZATION;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 84857482137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2103354.2103358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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