Eco Planner: A Tabletop System for Scheduling Sustainable Routines

Esteves, Augusto; Oakley, Ian

Abstract

This paper presents Eco Planner, a tangible system that aims to encourage users to behave more sustainably. It is based on a tabletop system showing a tabular view on which users can manipulate tokens to express and observe information about their daily routines and associated consumption levels and environmental affects. It is designed to support long-term engagement through a prolonged behavior change process and support high-level group activities such as achieving sustainability goals at the level of an entire household. It argues that these qualities are valuable but poorly supported by current eco-feedback systems. This paper covers the design and implementation of Eco Planner and concludes by discussing the evaluations required to validate these claims.

Citation

Esteves, A., & Oakley, I. (2011, January). Eco Planner: A Tabletop System for Scheduling Sustainable Routines. Presented at The 5th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, 2011

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: The 5th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, 2011.
• Start Date: Jan 23, 2011
• End Date: Jan 26, 2011
• Deposit Date: Jul 21, 2017
• Keywords: Tangible interaction, sustainability, eco-feedback,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/964976