Power law of engagement: Transferring disengaged householders into retrofitting energy savers

Christopher Weeks; Charles  Delalonde; Chris Preist

doi:10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.7

Power law of engagement: Transferring disengaged householders into retrofitting energy savers

Christopher Weeks
, Charles Delalonde
, Chris Preist

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Abstract

How can we take householders from being disengaged passive energy consumers towards being highly motivated retrofitting energy saving masters? In this paper the “Power law of engagement model for energy saving” is introduced, which breaks down the process of engaging householders into 8 defined stages. The model is based on the householder’s level of engagement and commitment, but applies Fogg’s behaviour model at key stages to help evaluate the decision process of the householder. The focus of the model is both to build up the levels of commitment and engagement of the individual, and to allow them to provide feedback into the community to build a more widely spread culture of retrofitting. The paper then describes a set of tools which can be used to take the householder on an energy-saving journey and help them progress through the 8 stages. Throughout these descriptions key examples of where ICT can help are highlighted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICT4S
Publisher	Atlantis Press
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-94-62520-22-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.7
Publication status	Published - Jul 2014
Event	2nd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2014 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 24 Aug 2014 → 27 Aug 2014

Publication series

Name	Advances in Computer Science Research
Publisher	Atlantis Press
ISSN (Print)	2352-538x

Conference

Conference	2nd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2014
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	24/08/14 → 27/08/14

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Bristol Interaction Group

Keywords

retrofitting
energy efficiency improvements
energy consumption
householder engagement,
behaviour change
householder commitment
ICT

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Power law of engagement: Transferring disengaged householders into retrofitting energy savers

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