Taking on the Teenagers - Using Adolescent Energy to Reduce Energy Use
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Computer Science
Abstract
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Publications
Beale Russell
(2011)
Birmingham Post: Science Blog : Hacking made easy by design
in Birmingham Post
Bell B
(2013)
Teenagers talking about technologies
Benjamin Cowan; Russell Beale
(2011)
Cooler by numbers: Should we design for and influence people through cool?
in Design for Cool: Workshop
BR Cowan, K Avramides, R Beale
(2013)
Should cool be a design goal?
in Proceedings of the 27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
Cowan B
(2013)
The stroppy kettle
Cowan B
(2015)
Voice anthropomorphism, interlocutor modelling and alignment effects on syntactic choices in human-computer dialogue
in International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
D Fitton; JC Read; Russell Beale; Benjamin Cowan; Y Guo; P Eslambolchilar; ML Wilson; I Oakley; A Dey
(2011)
Creating 'Cool' Mobile Technologies To Reduce Teen Energy Use
in Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on persuasion, influence, nudge and coercion through mobile devides
E Mazzone; JC Read; Russell Beale
(2011)
Organising Co-Design Sessions with Schoolchildren
in proceedings of workshop on opportunities and challenges when designing and developing with kids
Guo Y
(2013)
Take it personally
Hakvoort G
(2013)
Connect and connectivity
| Title | pod |
| Description | pod to investigate teenage engagement with energy saving |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Impact | research data, participant behaviour change |
| Title | stroppy kettle |
| Description | kettle that is energy-aware and evokes behaviour changing behaviours |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Impact | ongoing research |
| URL | http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2468621 |
| Description | 1. Teenagers can be used as willing and effective participants in the design process 2. Energy change behaviours are hard to affect 3. Visualisation is initially useful but does not lead to sustainable changes 4. Designing for cool is important for certain audiences, but is hard. |
| Exploitation Route | Design findings; design process; interventions; evaluation techniques |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Security and Diplomacy,Transport,Other |
| Description | Media pieces on behaviour change e.g. largest experiment with schoolchildren (over 1000) on digital detox for Radio 5 Live over 1 week; family digital detox over long weekend for BBC Inside Out; Radio 4 piece on energy saving with teenagers. Informed PhD student's work and submission of thesis. Some aspects taken on commercially. Further commercial trials. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
| Description | InnovateUK |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 04/2015 |
| Description | behaviour change |
| Organisation | Aazureindigo Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | related work on behaviour change for healthcare |
| Collaborator Contribution | apr, funding, pitching for other funding, design and build of prototype, project management |
| Impact | prototype |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Title | POI software |
| Description | Point of intervention software - code for stroppy kettle |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Copyrighted (e.g. software) |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | Shaping interventionist behaviour change research |
| Title | Stroppy Kettle |
| Description | Kettle that responds to appropriate usage |
| Type Of Technology | Physical Model/Kit |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | Experimental rollout in dozen student residences. Shaped thinking on intervention techniques. Led to PhD work. |
| Description | Digital Detox for 5Live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | >1000 schoolchildren recruited to do digital detox for 1 week, reported live for R5live, and multiple local and national news websites |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Inside Out West Midlands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Family participated in digital detox - no phones/gaming.social media for long weekend - filmed and reported on for BBC regional new programme for ~12 minutes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Radio 4 documentary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Production and presentation of R4 piece for 'Costing the Earth' - ~10 minutes discussing the research, approach, and outputs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |