Workshop Details: Monday 11th July, as part of the BCS HCI 2022 Conference, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire

Summary

The UK has ambitious targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050, necessitating widescale changes to the energy sector and an increasing reliance on electricity from renewable sources. The changes to our whole energy system will necessarily have an impact on us and how we use energy in our homes. In this workshop, we will consider the ways that we can play a role to support the systemic changes needed to tackle climate change – with a particular focus on designing new domestic smart energy futures that support these changes and that are equitable and inclusive.  This workshop is targeted to all those with an interest in domestic energy technologies and sustainability from a human centred perspective – in particular HCI and Interaction Design academics, industry practitioners, innovators and policymakers.

The workshop will take place over the course of a day – the morning will be a hybrid session of short presentations and questions, and the afternoon face-to-face interactive design and participant-led discussions on workshop topics with the aim of shaping an influential agenda for the HCI community in this area. Participants are welcome to join for the full day or morning only. Workshop topics of interest include:

• Developing usable, desirable, accessible and sustainable smart energy products
• Ensuring a fair transition for all through equitable and inclusive design (designing for vulnerable/disabled/older/digitally excluded/low-income consumers)
• Usable security of future smart energy services
• Making flexibility work
• The role of domestic energy services in transitioning to a sustainable energy future
• Creative methods for co-creating and informing smart energy design
• Smart energy policies and implications for design
• Designing for low energy consumption domestic futures
• Considering the role of the HCI researcher in relation to the broader systemic changes require to reach net zero

Agenda

Join the Workshop

We would like to invite you to attend the workshop – either online or in person – on Monday 11^th July. This is a great opportunity to speak to others with expertise in digital and interaction design from a human-centred perspective who are in an excellent position to drive innovation in this space.

If you would like to attend, please register for the workshop via the conference registration process where you can select to attend the whole conference, or just the workshop, and to attend online or in person at Keele. (https://www.eventsforce.net/bcs2022– click on the ‘register to attend’ tab).

Please also email the workshop organisers (BHCI22energyworkshop@es.catapult.org.uk) to tell us who you are, how you’ll be attending (i.e. in-person/remote, morning/full day) and workshop themes you’d like to discuss in the afternoon session if you’ll be attending it.

For more information about the workshop see: https://bcshci.org/designing-domestic-smart-energy-futures/

Information about BCS HCI 2022 including registration fees, location and accommodation: https://bcshci.org/

If you have any questions, please contact BHCI22energyworkshop@es.catapult.org.uk