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Environmental Sustainability Through Activity-based Computing
James Landay discusses Ubicomp's initiatives for promoting environmental sustainability through activity-based computing at the US-China CS Leadership Summit. The project utilizes low-cost sensors and user feedback to help individuals monitor and reduce resource consumption, primarily focusing on energy and water usage in homes. Evidence from pilot studies indicates positive behavior changes and user interest in adopting sustainable practices.
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Environmental Sustainability Through Activity-based Computing
- 1. Environmental Sustainability throughActivity-based ComputingJames LandayShort-Dooley ProfessorComputer Science & EngineeringUniversity of Washington 3rd US-China CS Leadership SummitPeking UniversityJune 14-15, 2010Visiting Faculty ResearcherMicrosoft Research Asia
- 4. Landay, Borriello, Fogarty, Patel ubigreenGiving people the tools to reduce resource usageubigreencombines low-cost sensors, inference, & user feedback to track resource usage & “reward” green behaviorsenvisioned ambient display showing monthly and daily resource usage
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- 6. behavior changetechniques informationpromptsgoal-settingcomparisoncommitmentdirects attention has energizing function affects persistenceLocke & Latham, American Psychologist, 2002incentivesfeedback
- 7. Froehlich, Dillahu, Klasnja,Consolvo, Harrison, Mankoff, Landayubigreentransportation displaysenses transit behavior via mobile phoneambient imagery on phone rewards green transitCHI 2009* Joint work w/ CMU & Intel
- 8. ubigreen esm studyMyExperienceTool, MobiSys2007
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- 11. ubigreen transportation displayPrototypedin 3 days4 weeks for final systemtwo versions – easy w/ ADPilot field study12 in Seattle/Pittsburghran prototype for 2-4 weeksResultsmany wanted to keep usingsaw some behavior “change”liked unfolding story
- 12. Patelubigreenhome energy sensingsensesany appliance & associated current used anywhere in entire homeuses 2 low-cost sensorsone at a single outlet
- 13. one attached tooutside of breaker box contact-less current sensorUbicomp 2008
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- 15. Viewing Monthly kWh(and pounds CO2)
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- 21. Froehlich, Fogarty, Patelubigreenhomewater sensingsenses flow & fixture-level activity (e.g., particular toilet, dishwasher) using easy-to-install sensorssenses pressure at a single pointcurrently designing feedback for home display & field trialWon 2009 UW Environmental Innovation ChallengeUbicomp 2009
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- 25. Tested in 10Homesoutdoor hose spigotutility faucetwater heater98% aggregate accuracy in controlled experimentfor detecting open/close valve events
- 26. HydroSense 2.0Identify partialvalve open/close eventsCompound fixture eventsCompound hot/cold eventsAutomatically distinguish hot vs. cold waterAutomatically detect type of fixture
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- 28. Environmental Sustainability ThroughActivity-Based ComputingHelp people to improve their environmental behavioruse long-lived activity as the primary organizing focusSolve these problems usingsensing: low cost, using existing infrastructureinference: actions & high level activitiesfeedback: ambient on phones, web, & decorative objects27
Editor's Notes
- #2 [20 minute goal, took 22 minutes, with a couple of questions along the way]
- #7 Locke and Latham summarize 35 years of research into the effect of goals on behavior:Goals serve a directive function; they direct attention and effort toward goal-relevant activitiesGoals have an energizing function. Hard goals lead to greater effort than easy goals.Goals affect persistence. Hard goals prolong effort (LaPorte & Nath, 1976).I’ll talk more about how goals have been used to motivate environmental behavior with eco-feedback technology in the next part of the talk.