The Dubuque Water Portal: Evaluation of the uptake, use and impact of residential water consumption feedback

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 675-684

  Erickson, Thomas ^a   Podlaseck, Mark E ^a   Sahu, Sambit ^a   Dai, Jing D ^a   Chao, Tian ^a   Naphade, Milind ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Games; Smart meters; Social comparison; Sustainability; Water; Water and energy feedback systems

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; GAMES; SMART METERS; SOCIAL COMPARISON;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84862085041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2207676.2207772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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