GreenSense: Developing persuasive service technology by integrating mobile devices and social interaction for sustainable and healthy behavior

Po Chun Chen, Taysheng Jeng, Yi Shin Deng, Sheng-Fen Chien

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Abstract

Energy and carbon dioxide emissions are becoming the major issue for creating a sustainable living environment. According to ITF reports, transportation represent 23% carbon dioxide emissions globally in 2010, and has grown by 45% from 1990 to 2007. However, the lack of Information transparency of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission may become the barrier for users who are willing to perform sustainable behaviors. Moreover, the unchanged human behavior and habits are the major obstacles toward the sustainable living. In this paper, we proposed a mobile persuasive service to promote "green" sense that encourages sustainable transportation by revealing both sustainable and health information to users. The service design includes: 1) A mobile App for users to monitor their own transportation behaviors; 2) A visualization interface for users better realizing their own performance and states; 3) A virtual "Green Credit" rewards concept to create social interactions and encourage behavior change. A working prototype has been implemented and tested in a university campus. We describe the design, implementation and future work of the GreenSense project in this paper.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
Subtitle of host publicationUser and Context Diversity - 7th International Conference, UAHCI 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Proceedings
Pages345-354
Number of pages10
EditionPART 2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Aug 1
Event7th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Design Methods, Tools, and Interaction Techniques for eInclusion, UAHCI 2013, Held as Part of 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2013 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 2013 Jul 212013 Jul 26

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume8010 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other7th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Design Methods, Tools, and Interaction Techniques for eInclusion, UAHCI 2013, Held as Part of 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period13-07-2113-07-26

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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