Towards an holistic view of the energy and environmental impacts of domestic media and IT

Oliver Bates; Mike Hazas; Adrian Friday; Janine Morley; Adrian Clear

doi:10.1145/2556288.2556968

Towards an holistic view of the energy and environmental impacts of domestic media and IT

Oliver Bates, Mike Hazas, Adrian Friday, Janine Morley, Adrian Clear

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

To date, research in sustainable HCI has dealt with eco-feedback, usage and recycling of appliances within the home, and longevity of portable electronics such as mobile phones. However, there seems to be less awareness of the energy and greenhouse emissions impacts of domestic consumer electronics and information technology. Such awareness is needed to inform HCI sustainability researchers on how best to prioritise efforts around digital media and IT. Grounded in inventories, interview and plug energy data from 33 undergraduate student participants, our findings provide the context for assessing approaches to reducing the energy and carbon emissions of media and IT in the home. In the paper, we use the findings to discuss and inform more fruitful directions that sustainable HCI research might take, and we quantify how various strategies might have modified the energy and emissions impacts for our participants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI '14 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1173-1182
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-2473-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2556968
Publication status	Published - 26 Apr 2014
Event	SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada Duration: 26 Apr 2014 → 1 May 2014 http://chi2014.acm.org/

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Conference	SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI '14
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	26/04/14 → 1/05/14
Internet address	http://chi2014.acm.org/

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Bates, O, Hazas, M, Friday, A, Morley, J & Clear, A 2014, Towards an holistic view of the energy and environmental impacts of domestic media and IT. in CHI '14 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, pp. 1173-1182, SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada, 26/04/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2556968

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