We're seeking contributions that engage with creativity and transformation towards future energy systems

250 word abstracts due Mon 24th February

Details:
drive.google.com/file/d/1Lgzz...

A great collaboration with colleagues at Monash's Emerging Technologies Research Lab - Fareed Kaviani, Kari Dahlgren & Yidan Gao - with illustrations by Stacy Gougoulis

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Link to report and release: www.monash.edu/emerging-tec... 5/5

And how do we think about Cost, and therefore ways to steer household energy demand? Do we think about cost solely in financial terms (left), or in a broader sense involving tradeoffs like time costs and emotional costs (right)? 4/5

For example: How does the energy sector understand Consumers? As rational, individual customers (left), or as connected communities (right)? 3/5

The report aims to build understanding within the Australian energy sector and to bridge the communication gap between the sector and everyday people. We use illustrations to explore different framings of key ideas & to contrast who/what is included in differing visions of the energy system 2/5

We find embodied & experiential forms of knowledge importantly yet differently shape heating/cooling, & the use of smart tech. Recognising that practical knowledge contextualises & operationalises technical skills/tools, we argue the sector must better account for lay capacities

Fieldwork was conducted in Copenhagen, DK & Canberra, AU with households using smart comfort & energy tech. Despite differences between the field sites, our cross-national analysis shows an important overlap in the way people use lay understandings to pursue comfort at home 2/3

We consider how conventional and non-energy forms of feedback are often used in combination in everyday life, and conclude by exploring novel feedback concepts that engage households on their own terms 2/2
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629624001518