ECOISLAND: A system for persuading users to reduce CO2 emissions

Chihiro Takayama; Vili Lehdonvirta; Miyuki Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Washio; Hiroaki Kimura; Tatsuo Nakajima

doi:10.1109/STFSSD.2009.8

ECOISLAND: A system for persuading users to reduce CO₂ emissions

Chihiro Takayama, Vili Lehdonvirta, Miyuki Shiraishi, Yasuyuki Washio, Hiroaki Kimura, Tatsuo Nakajima

School of Fundamental Science and Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

16 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A significant portion of the carbon dioxide emissions that have been shown to cause global warming are due to household energy consumption and traffic. EcoIsland is a computer system aimed at persuading and assisting individual families in changing their lifestyle patterns in a way that reduces CO ₂ emissions. The system builds on our earlier work on persuasive ubiquitous computing applications and applies ideas from behaviorism, social psychology and emissions trading to attempt to motivate changes in users' behavior. In this paper, we briefly describe the concept and the theories behind it, and provide preliminary results from a user study measuring its effectiveness.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009
Pages	59-63
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/STFSSD.2009.8
Publication status	Published - 2009 Dec 1
Event	1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 2009 Mar 17 → 2009 Mar 18

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009

Conference

Conference	1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	09/3/17 → 09/3/18

Keywords

Environment Sustainability
Persuasive Technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Takayama, C., Lehdonvirta, V., Shiraishi, M., Washio, Y., Kimura, H., & Nakajima, T. (2009). ECOISLAND: A system for persuading users to reduce CO₂ emissions. In Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009 (pp. 59-63). [4804573] (Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009). https://doi.org/10.1109/STFSSD.2009.8

ECOISLAND : A system for persuading users to reduce CO₂ emissions. / Takayama, Chihiro; Lehdonvirta, Vili; Shiraishi, Miyuki et al.

Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009. 2009. p. 59-63 4804573 (Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Takayama, C, Lehdonvirta, V, Shiraishi, M, Washio, Y, Kimura, H & Nakajima, T 2009, ECOISLAND: A system for persuading users to reduce CO₂ emissions. in Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009., 4804573, Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009, pp. 59-63, 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009, Tokyo, Japan, 09/3/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/STFSSD.2009.8

Takayama C, Lehdonvirta V, Shiraishi M, Washio Y, Kimura H, Nakajima T. ECOISLAND: A system for persuading users to reduce CO₂ emissions. In Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009. 2009. p. 59-63. 4804573. (Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009). doi: 10.1109/STFSSD.2009.8

Takayama, Chihiro ; Lehdonvirta, Vili ; Shiraishi, Miyuki et al. / ECOISLAND : A system for persuading users to reduce CO₂ emissions. Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009. 2009. pp. 59-63 (Proceedings - 1st International Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Dependable Distributed Systems, STFSSD 2009).

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