Exploring household preferences for visualising consumption information: towards data physicalizations to promote sustainable practices

Ushettige, 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 2024. Exploring household preferences for visualising consumption information: towards data physicalizations to promote sustainable practices. Interacting with Computers 10.1093/iwc/iwae054

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Abstract

This paper explores household preferences for visualising consumption data and investigates the potential of data physicalizations to enhance user engagement and promote sustainable practices within households. We conducted semi-structured interviews with thirteen households, utilising a combination of images and low-fidelity prototypes to gain insights into participants’ preferences, ideas and feedback on visualising consumption information. We requested participants to discuss an object in their home that symbolises sustainability. The results revealed different emotional responses, from empathy to repulsion, triggered by different visual representations. Our findings also identified certain physical objects and locations within the household that play a role in fostering family collaboration towards sustainable practices. Participants preferred having a physical representation of their consumption data within their homes over a screen-based display. In light of these findings, we open space to consider designing physicalisations that encourage collaboration, enhance user engagement and motivate households to reduce their consumption.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Computer Science & Informatics
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0953-5438
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 November 2024
Date of Acceptance:	24 October 2024
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2025 14:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173983

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