Building Pathways for Empowering User Toward Prosumer Behaviour. The Design for Experience with the Prosumer Empowerment Concentric Model
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Sixth International Conference on Smart Cities, Systems, Devices and Technologies (SMART 2017), SMART INTERFACES 2017, The Symposium for Empowering and Smart Interfaces in Engineering, 2017-06-25, Venice.
Berntzen, L. et al.
English Abstract
Acting as prosumers can help the transition towardlow carbon and circular economies. This paper discusses whatcan be defined as “prosumer behaviours” and proposes aninnovative approach that fosters users in adopting ...Read more >
Acting as prosumers can help the transition towardlow carbon and circular economies. This paper discusses whatcan be defined as “prosumer behaviours” and proposes aninnovative approach that fosters users in adopting dailyvirtuous experiences about energy production andconsumption. Such experiences are based on smart interfacesas they emerge from complex socio-technical systems thatcombined ICT devices, smart grids and user-centred toolscreated to empower users and facilitate the emergence of apositive intelligence. The Prosumer Empowerment Concentric(PEC) Model is presented here as an integrative vision tosupport the emergence of prosumer behaviours andperspectives are outlined via an interregional project thatproposes to experiment the PEC model in households andcitizen energy cooperatives.Read less <
English Keywords
smart interface
smart grid
energy consumption
user-centred approach
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