scholarly journals Promoting Energy-Efficient Behavior by Depicting Social Norms in a Recommender Interface

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Alain Starke ◽  
Martijn Willemsen ◽  
Chris Snijders
Keyword(s):  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
User Data ◽  
Smart Thermostat ◽  
Normative Messages ◽  
Do So

How can recommender interfaces help users to adopt new behaviors? In the behavioral change literature, social norms and other nudges are studied to understand how people can be convinced to take action (e.g., towel re-use is boosted when stating that “75% of hotel guests” do so), but most of these nudges are not personalized. In contrast, recommender systems know what to recommend in a personalized way, but not much human-computer interaction ( HCI ) research has considered how personalized advice should be presented to help users to change their current habits. We examine the value of depicting normative messages (e.g., “75% of users do X”), based on actual user data, in a personalized energy recommender interface called “Saving Aid.” In a study among 207 smart thermostat owners, we compared three different normative explanations (“Global.” “Similar,” and “Experienced” norm rates) to a non-social baseline (“kWh savings”). Although none of the norms increased the total number of chosen measures directly, we show that depicting high peer adoption rates alongside energy-saving measures increased the likelihood that they would be chosen from a list of recommendations. In addition, we show that depicting social norms positively affects a user’s evaluation of a recommender interface.

scholarly journals With a little help from my peers: Depicting social norms in a recommender interface to promote energy conservation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Starke ◽  
Martijn Willemsen ◽  
Chris Snijders
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
User Data ◽  
Specific Source ◽  
Smart Thermostat ◽  
Normative Messages ◽  
Do So

How can recommender interfaces help users to adopt new behaviors? In the behavioral change literature, nudges and norms are studied to understand how to convince people to take action (e.g. towel re-use is boosted when stating that ‘75% of hotel guests’ do so), but what is advised is typically not personalized. Most recommender systems know what to recommend in a personalized way, but not much research has considered how to present such advice to help users to change their current habits. We examine the value of presenting normative messages (e.g. ‘75% of users do X’) based on actual user data in a personalized energy recommender interface called ‘Saving Aid’. In a study among 207 smart thermostat owners, we compared three different normative explanations (‘Global’, ‘Similar’, and ‘Expert’ norm rates) to a non-social baseline (‘kWh savings’). Although none of the norms increased the total number of chosen measures directly, we show evidence that the effect of norms seems to be mediated by the perceived feasibility of the measures. Moreover, how norms were presented (i.e. specific source, adoption rate) affected what measures were chosen within our Saving Aid interface.

Error-aware Design Procedure to Implement Energy-efficient Approximate Squaring Hardware

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-477
Author(s):  
Merin Loukrakpam ◽  
Ch. Lison Singh ◽  
Madhuchhanda Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Relative Error ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Piecewise Linear ◽  
Arithmetic Operation ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Maximum Relative Error ◽  
Square Function ◽  
Efficient Design

Background:: In recent years, there has been a high demand for executing digital signal processing and machine learning applications on energy-constrained devices. Squaring is a vital arithmetic operation used in such applications. Hence, improving the energy efficiency of squaring is crucial. Objective:: In this paper, a novel approximation method based on piecewise linear segmentation of the square function is proposed. Methods: Two-segment, four-segment and eight-segment accurate and energy-efficient 32-bit approximate designs for squaring were implemented using this method. The proposed 2-segment approximate squaring hardware showed 12.5% maximum relative error and delivered up to 55.6% energy saving when compared with state-of-the-art approximate multipliers used for squaring. Results: The proposed 4-segment hardware achieved a maximum relative error of 3.13% with up to 46.5% energy saving. Conclusion:: The proposed 8-segment design emerged as the most accurate squaring hardware with a maximum relative error of 0.78%. The comparison also revealed that the 8-segment design is the most efficient design in terms of error-area-delay-power product.

Bifunctional single-atomic Mn sites for energy-efficient hydrogen production

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianyun Peng ◽  
Junrong Hou ◽  
Yuying Mi ◽  
Jiaqiang Sun ◽  
Gaocan Qi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
H2 Production ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Clean Energy Technology

Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) for H2 production is essential for future renewable and clean energy technology. Screening energy-saving, low-cost, and highly active catalysts efficiently, however, is still a grand...

Opportunities and Challenges in Perovskite LEDs Commercialization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Zhang ◽  
Ningning Zhu ◽  
Mingming Zhang ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Jun Xing
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Lighting Technology

Recently, the light-emitting diode (LED) has been considered as an energy-saving and environment-friendly lighting technology，which is ten times more energy efficient than conventional incandescent lights. As an emerging photoelectric material,...

scholarly journals Crafting Normative Messages to Protect the Environment

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 105-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Cialdini
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Adolescent Suicide ◽  
Injunctive Norms ◽  
Descriptive Norms ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Normative Appeals ◽  
Normative Message ◽  
Normative Messages

It is widely recognized that communications that activate social norms can be effective in producing societally beneficial conduct. Not so well recognized are the circumstances under which normative information can backfire to produce the opposite of what a communicator intends. There is an understandable, but misguided, tendency to try to mobilize action against a problem by depicting it as regrettably frequent. Information campaigns emphasize that alcohol and drug use is intolerably high, that adolescent suicide rates are alarming, and—most relevant to this article—that rampant polluters are spoiling the environment. Although these claims may be both true and well intentioned, the campaigns' creators have missed something critically important: Within the statement “Many people are doing this undesirable thing” lurks the powerful and undercutting normative message “Many people are doing this.” Only by aligning descriptive norms (what people typically do) with injunctive norms (what people typically approve or disapprove) can one optimize the power of normative appeals. Communicators who fail to recognize the distinction between these two types of norms imperil their persuasive efforts.

Heat Compensation in Buildings Using Thermoelectric Windows: An Energy Efficient Window Technology

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhys-Sheffer Birthwright ◽  
Achille Messac ◽  
Timothy Harren-Lewis ◽  
Sirisha Rangavajhala
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Current Input ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Conventional Systems ◽  
Window Design ◽  
Absorption Power ◽  
Do So

In this paper, we explore the design of thermoelectric (TE) windows for applications in building structures. Thermoelectric windows are equipped with TE units in the window frame to provide a heat absorption power, given a direct current input. We explore the design performance of the TE window to compensate for its own heat gains. While existing energy efficient windows have made advances towards reducing the heat transfer through them, they still depend on the building’s heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system to compensate for their heat gains. Our research explores the design of a window that can actively compensate for the passive heat flow through the window panes, and to do so with a better coefficient of performance (COP) than conventional HVAC systems. We also optimize the TE window design, and present results of the potential performance for practical applications in the building structure. For the geographic locations considered (Hawaii and Miami), the results are promising. Interestingly, the proposed TE window design actively compensates for the conduction heat gains with a COP greater than three, while that of conventional systems is typically less than three.

Scheduling Scheme Based on Smart Grid of Energy-Saving

2013 ◽  
Vol 340 ◽  
pp. 908-912
Author(s):  
Ke Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Ideal Solution ◽  
Scheduling Scheme ◽  
Electricity System ◽  
Scheduling Model ◽  
The Future ◽  
Energy Efficient Scheduling

The smart grid is an ideal solution of the future electricity system, and scheduling aspects of the smart grid, the nerve center of the most intelligent can best embody the intelligent characteristic, this article summarizes the development of smart grid technologies, energy-saving scheduling, and the smart grid ofsignificance analysis to explore the implementation of energy-saving dispatch to the power industry, an energy efficient scheduling model and highlight the superiority of the energy-saving scheduling in order to ensure the smooth implementation of energy-saving scheduling.

scholarly journals Modern energy efficient technologies of high-rise construction

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 02047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inessa Lukmanova ◽  
Roman Golov
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Unified Model ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Design Construction

The paper analyzes modern energy-efficient technologies, both being applied, and only introduced into the application in the construction of high-rise residential buildings. All technologies are systematized by the authors as part of a unified model of "Arrows of Energy-Efficient Technologies", which imply performing energy-saving measures in the design, construction and operation of buildings.

scholarly journals ENERGY-EFFICIENT TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HYDRAULIC DRIVE OF THE TRACTOR

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.V. Yudin ◽  
◽  
R.N. Puzakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Hydraulic System ◽  
Hydraulic Drive ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Uneven Terrain ◽  
Operational Characteristics ◽  
High Dynamic ◽  
Hydraulic Accumulator ◽  
Technical Solutions

During the movement of the tractor on the uneven terrain, there are fluctuations that cause jumps of the working fluid in the hydraulic system and high dynamic loads. The solution to this problem is the use of an energy-saving hydraulic drive with a hydraulic accumulator and a system of aggregates this leads to increased efficiency and increased productivity of skidding grippers. A mathematical model of working processes with an energy-saving hydraulic drive is compiled.

scholarly journals An approach to energy efficient lighting design for economic residential flats

2021 ◽  
Vol 850 (1) ◽  
pp. 012013
Author(s):  
Subhasish Das ◽  
Anubrata Mondal ◽  
Kamalika Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Light Level ◽  
Lighting Design ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Standard Values ◽  
Lighting Systems

Abstract The lighting design in a residential building now-a-days is not only limited to general lighting but also it is focused to provide quality lighting with the help of wide range of available luminaire with different orientations as well as colours with efficient use of energy, that opens up accurate characteristics of specific areas in any room of the building. The affordable housings in many states are some of the examples of residential building where most of the flats in a typical floor are using conventional lighting systems which are not energy efficient and light level is low compared to standards. This paper is mainly focused to provide a budget friendly as well as energy efficient lighting design with the help of new and energy efficient lamps using DIALux Software, which can be proposed to renovate the existing conventional lighting systems. In this paper effort has been made to reduce the power consumption in all rooms and lux levels has been achieved as per standard values along with good amount of energy saving with the use of newer technologies.

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