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Evaluating Feedback Interventions: A Design for Sustainable Behaviour Case Study


 
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1. Title Title of document Evaluating Feedback Interventions: A Design for Sustainable Behaviour Case Study
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Garrath Thomas Wilson; Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK;
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Tracy Bhamra; Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK; United Kingdom
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Debra Lilley; Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK; United Kingdom
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Industrial Design; Product Design
 
3. Subject Keyword(s) Behaviour Change; Design for Sustainable Behaviour; Domestic Energy Consumption; Feedback; Sustainability
 
4. Description Abstract Design for Sustainable Behaviour is an emerging research area concerned with the application of design interventions to influence consumer behaviour during the use phase towards more sustainable action. However, current research is focussed on strategy definition and selection with little research into understanding the actual impact of the interventions debated. Here, the authors present three themes as different entry points to the evaluation of a feedback intervention designed to change behaviour towards a sustainable goal: an evaluation of the behaviour changed by the intervention; an evaluation of the interventions functionality; and an evaluation of the interventions sustainable consequences. This paper explores these themes through a case study of a physical feedback intervention prototype designed with the intention of reducing domestic energy consumption through behaviour change whilst maintaining occupant comfort. In this paper, the authors suggest that questions for evaluating functionality and usability are dependent upon the intervention strategy employed; questions for the evaluation of behavioural antecedents and ethics are applicable to all intervention strategies; finally, questions for the evaluation of sustainable metrics are dependent upon the interventions context. More universal lines of questioning are then presented, based on the findings of this study, suitable for cross-study comparison.
 
5. Publisher Organizing agency, location Chinese Institute of Design
 
6. Contributor Sponsor(s) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and E.ON UK
 
7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2016-08-28
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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9. Format File format PDF, HTML
 
10. Identifier Universal Resource Indicator http://www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJDesign/article/view/2153
 
11. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) International Journal of Design; Vol 10, No 2 (2016)
 
12. Language English=en en
 
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