Understanding household consumption practices and their motivations: opportunities to foster sustainability practices

Perera, Dushani, Verdezoto Dias, Nervo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-4262, Gwilliam, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3256-7960 and Eslambolchilar, Parisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4610-1643 2023. Understanding household consumption practices and their motivations: opportunities to foster sustainability practices. Presented at: 6th ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies, Cape Town, South Africa, 16-19 August 2023. COMPASS '23: Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. New York, US: Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 30-42. 10.1145/3588001.3609360

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Abstract

Understanding household practices, beliefs, relationships among the members, and their preferences are often overlooked in the design of home-based interventions aiming to reduce consumption. We conducted a survey in the United Kingdom (22 responses) and a follow-up interview with 13 households to inform the design of interventions for reducing household consumption by: 1) understanding household consumption practices, and 2) identifying the concerns and challenges for household engagement with sustainability practices. Our findings highlight how the perspectives, understanding, and motives for consumption reduction actively shape household practices and their attempts to curtail consumption. Existing non-negotiable practices led to additional household consumption and we found different strategies households use to reach a shared-decision on food and energy use. Based on our findings, we provide opportunities for motivating and fostering engagement with sustainable practices at home.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
Publisher:	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN:	9798400701498
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 August 2023
Date of Acceptance:	30 June 2023
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2023 09:09
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/161852

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