The UK government has set ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions, and lowering
energy demand within workplaces is important to help meet these. With the rollout of smart …

Naturally ventilated offices enable users to control their environment through the opening of
windows. Whilst this level of control is welcomed by users, it creates risk in terms of energy …

Technology “demos” have become a staple in technology design practice, especially for
showcasing prototypes or systems. However, demonstrations are also commonplace and …

We present an ethnographic study of energy advisors working for a charity that provides
support, particularly to people in fuel poverty. Our fieldwork comprises detailed observations …

In this paper we present the design and evaluation of the Temperature Calendar--a
visualization of temperature variation within a workplace over the course of the past week …

The past two decades have seen an increase in the amount of research in the CHI
community from South Asia with a focus on designing for the unique and diverse socio …

Smart city projects collect data on urban environments to identify problems, inform
policymaking, and boost citizen engagement. Typically, this data is collected by static …

Though rapid increase in energy consumption has become a global problem, most of the
solutions developed to address it for residential consumers are based on qualitative studies …

Most work around technological interventions for energy conservation to date has focussed
on changing individual behaviour. Hence, there is limited understanding of communal …

Energy reduction is one of the main challenges that countries around the world currently
face, and there is potential to contribute to this by raising awareness towards sustainability in …