MyExperience: a system for in situ tracing and capturing of user feedback on mobile phones
Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Mobile systems, applications and services
Pervasive '09 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing
Understanding conflict between landlords and tenants: implications for energy sensing and feedback
Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference on Ubiquitous computing
The smart thermostat: using occupancy sensors to save energy in homes
Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
PreHeat: controlling home heating using occupancy prediction
Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
Exploring the hidden impacts of HomeSys: energy and emissions of home sensing and automation
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication
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In many parts of the world, mechanical heating and cooling is used to regulate indoor climates, with the aim of maintaining a uniform temperature. Achieving this is energy-intensive, since large indoor spaces must be constantly heated or cooled, and the difference to the outdoor temperature is large. This paper starts from the premise that comfort is not delivered to us by the indoor environment, but is instead something that is pursued as a normal part of daily life, through a variety of means. Based on a detailed study of four university students over several months, we explore how Ubicomp technologies can help create a more sustainable reality where people are more active in pursuing and maintaining their thermal comfort, and environments are less tightly controlled and less energy-intensive, and we outline areas for future research in this domain.