Building Scenarios for Transforming Domestic & Organisational Energy

Behaviours and Practices

Challenges and Possible Cassandra Use Cases

By

Dr. Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob

j.u.u.jacob@covernanceenergy.co.uk

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR WORK AT TWO SCHOOLS

Dixons City Academy, BradfordBrief overview of work

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Gateway Primary School, LondonBrief overview of work

Monitored spaces

26% Savings

“At Gateway, we help save energy by switching off the lights

and projector when we don’t need it. When the classroom is

bright enough, we don’t need the lights. We also like being able to

remind our teachers to turn things off. Doing this at school

has helped me think about turning things off at home”.

- Maryann (pupil)

- Edel Boyle, Sustainability Teacher, Gateway primary school

“The consumption data from each classroom really helped to keep pupils engaged. They told off teachers who forgot to switch off unused appliances”.

Transforming Energy Behaviours & practices: Possible Cassandra Use

Cases

•Symbolic

Modeling Using pseudo figures

and/or images to

represent consumption

data has greater

impacts on behavioural

change.

•Verbal

InstructionDesired behaviour

described in detail along

with instructions can

change behaviours

•Social NormsAn awareness of the energy

saving behaviours of close

and normative others can

change behaviours.

•FeedbackInformation Resource

showing direct consequences

of behaviour can transform

behaviours

•RewardsCompensation for consistent

performance of desired

behaviour can help entrench

long term behavioural change

•Progress ReportAccess to Progress made can

change behaviours. Progress

inspires progress.

Cassandra could be useful in simulating and testing some assumptions about energy behaviour-change

Social Norms: What are Others doing?

• A system that can model average consumption in a neighbourhood cluster or most energy efficient consumption in a cluster

Domestic Challenge

• A system that supports a league table of the most energy efficient or greenestoffice(s) in a stipulated period

OrganisationalChallenge

POSSIBLE CASSANDRA USE CASE

Are we making any PROGRESS?

• A system that can simulate customers’ ability to see their energy savings progress over a specified period and possible impacts

Domestic Challenge

• A system that supports an awareness of impacts of recognition of consistent energy efficiency practice.

OrganisationalChallenge

POSSIBLE CASSANDRA USE CASE

Feedback: What are the direct consequences of my energy choices?

• A system that supports an awareness of impacts of live consumption information to consumers in multiple formats

Domestic Challenge

• A system that supports an awareness of impacts of live consumption data on a dashboard in a staff/student breakout area

OrganisationalChallenge

POSSIBLE CASSANDRA USE CASE

Rewards: What’s in this for me?

• A system that enables consumers set personal targets and rewards achievement

Domestic Challenge

• A system that supports easy and quick generation of reports on organisational, departmental and/or individual progress

OrganisationalChallenge

Verbal Instruction: What should I do?

• A System that contains energy saving ideas customised for each case and behavioural outcomes desired.

Domestic Challenge

• A System that contains tips and templates of sharp, pithy messages customised for each case and behaviouraloutcome desired.

OrganisationalChallenge

Symbolic Modeling: How can we represent

consumption more visually?

• A system that contains templates for a more creative representation of consumption, budgets, rewards, kwh, Co2, etc

Domestic Challenge

• As above

OrganisationalChallenge

Why

symbolic

modeling is

important

today

‘Sensorience’ and new

forms of engagement

Human senses evolve along

with the kind of technology

they are socialised to.

Generally, human senses

have evolved along with the

visual technological

enablements of the 21st

century.

In the past 10-20 years there

has been a social and cultural

shift to the visual over

numerical, verbal and textual

forms.

How do we adjust to this?

Electronic communications, starting with the telegraph, extended the communications process beyond

Transport and the human body.

Energy and our evolving

Visual Culture

Budget

Gas & Electricity ?

The End

For Image credits: Email j.u.u.jacob@covernanceenergy.co.uk