How Can We Use Digital Tools to Reduce Urban Household Energy Usage?
Brief: The pilot housing project called Ecoplace in Zürich offers its residents sustainable living in a convenient environment. Using intelligent technology, the daily consumption of water, electricity and heat is tracked for every apartment. Through the visualization of this data the inhabitants are made aware of their
behavior and encouraged to save our planet's resources. The question which the workshop participants tried to answer is: how can we exploit the possibilities of technology to raise awareness of household energy consumption and how can we help people improve their behavior?
Energy Gremlin is an avatar with some special preferences for energy efficient behavior. If the toy-like creature feels like you are wasting energy he will notify you kindly to help you reduce your consumption.
Agora is the concept of a marketplace for energy where smart devices act as brokers and exchange the access to energy independantly and efficiently while respecting moral limitations of our society.
Lite Switch is a physical switch that reacts to human interaction based on the type of energy consumtption. Switching on the light is effortless for green energy while it is hard when using fossile energy sources.