Growing Green Habits: Unobtrusive Gamified Eco-Feedback to Motivate Sustainable Behavior
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Abstract
Promoting environmental awareness and sustainable behavior is an important action for climate protection. In this paper, we introduce a gamified eco-feedback approach using an interactive plant-like physical interface to encourage lower heating energy consumption in households. The interface is designed to be a part of the user's environment and evoke a caretaker relationship. It measures indoor climate parameters via sensors, awards users with points for environmentally friendly and healthy heating and ventilation habits, and changes its shape to mimic growing and flourishing. Through their mobile device, the users can retrieve detailed information in a companion app. A prototype implementation demonstrates the feasibility of the concept and serves as a basis for further work in this emerging research area.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Mensch und Computer 2023 |
Editors | Markus Stolze, Frieder Loch, Matthias Baldauf, Florian Alt, Christina Schneegass, Thomas Kosch, Teresa Hirzle, Shadan Sadeghian, Fiona Draxler, Kenan Bektas, Katrin Lohan, Pascal Knierim |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 454-459 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (electronic) | 979-8-4007-0771-1 |
Publication status | Published - 3 Sept 2023 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Publication series
Series | MundC: Mensch und Computer |
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Symposium
Title | Human and Computer 2023 |
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Subtitle | Building Bridges |
Abbreviated title | MuC 2023 |
Duration | 3 - 6 September 2023 |
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Location | OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule |
City | Rapperswil |
Country | Switzerland |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0002-2176-876X/work/159171488 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-8667-0926/work/159171792 |
ORCID | /0000-0003-1467-7031/work/159172196 |
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- ambient information, eco-feedback, gamification, plant-like interface, shape-changing interface