Green House CPH
Green House CPH
As a collaboration with Intel, this student project explored the role of emerging smart grid technology in the context of social computing and personal energy consumption. Green House CPH is a hypothetical government program that provides rebates on energy bills to residents of apartment buildings who can work together to lower their building’s overall energy use. We communicated this concept through a video scenario in the form of a mock user research study.
Final video scenario
Background
The theme of this two week industry project was Social Computing & Sustainability and our group focused on the social collective that is residents of an apartment building. We began our research by speaking to inhabitants of different types of apartment buildings in Copenhagen and we learned that people do not care about their neighbors energy consumption because it does not affect them financially.
We brainstormed concepts that would address the question “what incentives are there for an apartment building as a whole to be energy efficient?” but soon realized we needed a systemic change or a large incentive that the government could provide. With that, we decided to consider what would happen if the government rewarded the residents of an apartment building when their entire building met certain energy efficiency standards.
We came up with the concept for Green House CPH, a government sponsored rebate plan for individuals who could work together to decrease the overall energy consumption of their entire building. We sketched out scenarios and touch points that took advantage of emerging smart grid technology, current social web applications, mobile phones, and more. Through our video scenario, set one year after Green House CPH is launched, we looked at new behavioral changes and incentives behind apartment hunting.
Team members
Jacob Sikker Remin
Yu-Min Chen (Yves)
Personal contribution
Conceptual development, storyboards, webpage design, acting