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Smart metering demand management programs: challenging the comfort and cleanliness habitus of households

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OZCHI '08: Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat

Pages 9 - 16

https://doi.org/10.1145/1517744.1517747

Published: 08 December 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, field and capital, this paper outlines how smart metering demand management programs could be redesigned to bring together the competing fields of resource management and domestic life. Comfort and cleanliness expectations, which are ingrained in the habitus of householders and the field of domestic life, are often overlooked in demand management programs, which focus instead on making existing and evolving expectations more efficient. This paper draws on preliminary findings from qualitative research activities with householders who received consumption feedback through an in-home display, and/or variable price signals --- both enabled by smart meters. The paper offers insights for designers of interactive demand management strategies about how to go beyond achieving efficiency benefits in the home in order to fundamentally change expectations and norms ingrained in the habitus.

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OZCHI '08: Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat

December 2008

366 pages

ISBN:0980306345

DOI:10.1145/1517744

Conference Chair:
Nic Bidwell
James Cook University
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Frank Vetere
University of Melbourne
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Connor Graham
Lancaster University and University of Melbourne
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Queensland University of Technology

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