CharIoT: Leveraging the Internet of Things to Reduce Fuel Poverty

CharIoT：利用物联网减少燃料匮乏

• 批准号: EP/L02392X/1
• 负责人: Enrico Costanza
• 金额: $ 35.3万
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FL02392X%2F1
• 关键词: CharIoT; Leveraging; Internet; Things; Reduce

The Internet of Things has already started to leave the lab and reach into the world with Internet enabled devices and products making it possible to capture and share our physical activities, our weight, our energy consumption, and our movement habits among many others. To paraphrase William Gibson, the Internet of Things is already here, it's just not very evenly distributed [2], it predominantly resides in the homes of those with sufficient disposable income to purchase new digital gadgets. This "in the wild" project focuses on how the Internet of Things (IoT) might avoid an emphasis on technologies that support a few digitally privileged households to consider how it may be beneficial to all elements of society. We are particularly interested in involving users at the edges of digital society, the low-income vulnerable households that are typically left behind by technological development. To achieve this broad aim we will work with low-income households currently in fuel poverty who are subject to ever increasing energy costs that they feel powerless to mitigate. Fuel poverty is a key societal concern in the UK, with 4.5 millions of affected households in 2011 [1] exposed to associated financial, physical and emotional effects [3]. In addition to financial support and benefits, a key resource to help people in fuel poverty is energy advice to encourage wise energy use while keeping people warm and healthy. This is often provided by charities over the phone, in community centres and through home visits. The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE, the "user partner" in this project) is a national charity with over 30 years of experience in providing energy advice to people in fuel poverty. The advisors frequently face challenges involved in assessing the extent and effects of fuel poverty on a case-by-case basis. Many of these challenges arise from a paucity of information about energy use in the households they advise. Brief home visits and incomplete information gleaned through phone interviews often have to suffice to infer the causes of problems of properties often associated with health risks (e.g.damp and mold), to recommend both material and behavioural improvements to the affected, and to liaise with third parties to make the case for adjustments on their client's behalf (e.g. landlords, councils, and power companies). We seek to address these challenges by building applications and services on IoT technologies in support of energy advice by providing a richer picture of use and more evidence to drive change on behalf of these households.1. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) (2013): Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics. 2013.2. Gibson, W. (1999): Interview on NPR's ''Talk of the Nation,'' 30 November 3. Marmot Review Team (2011): The health impacts of cold homes and fuel poverty. Friends of the Earth. Department of Epidemology & Public Health, UCL.

物联网已经开始离开实验室，通过支持互联网的设备和产品进入世界，从而可以捕获和分享我们的身体活动，我们的体重，我们的能量消耗和我们的运动习惯等。用William吉布森的话来说，物联网已经在这里了，只是它的分布不是很均匀[2]，它主要存在于那些有足够可支配收入购买新数字设备的人的家中。这个“野外”项目的重点是物联网（IoT）如何避免强调支持少数数字特权家庭的技术，以考虑它如何对社会的所有元素都有益。我们特别感兴趣的是让处于数字社会边缘的用户参与进来，这些用户通常是被技术发展抛在后面的低收入弱势家庭。为了实现这一广泛的目标，我们将与目前处于燃料贫困状态的低收入家庭合作，他们面临着不断增加的能源成本，他们感到无力减轻。燃料贫困是英国的一个主要社会问题，2011年有450万受影响的家庭[1]受到相关的经济，身体和情感影响[3]。除了财政支持和福利外，帮助燃料贫困者的一个关键资源是能源建议，以鼓励明智的能源使用，同时保持人们的温暖和健康。这通常是由慈善机构通过电话、社区中心和家访提供的。可持续能源中心（CSE，本项目的“用户合作伙伴”）是一家全国性慈善机构，在向燃料贫困人口提供能源咨询方面拥有30多年的经验。这些顾问在逐案评估燃料匮乏的程度和影响方面经常面临挑战。其中许多挑战来自他们所建议的家庭能源使用信息的缺乏。简短的家访和通过电话访谈收集的不完整信息往往足以推断出往往与健康风险有关的财产问题（如潮湿和霉菌）的原因，向受影响者建议物质和行为改善，并与第三方联络，代表其客户（如房东、议会和电力公司）提出调整的理由。我们寻求通过在物联网技术上构建应用程序和服务来应对这些挑战，以支持能源建议，提供更丰富的使用情况和更多的证据来代表这些家庭推动变革。能源和气候变化部（DECC）（2013）：年度燃料贫困统计。2013.2.吉布森，W。（1999）：采访NPR的“全国谈话”，30 11月3日。旱獭审查小组（2011年）：寒冷的家园和燃料贫困的健康影响。地球之友英国伦敦大学学院流行病学与公共卫生系。

项目成果

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• DOI: 10.1145/2632048.2636081
• 发表时间: 2014
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• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Human-Computer Interaction
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• 发表时间: 2016-02
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Digital Technology and Sustainability Engaging the Paradox

数字技术与可持续发展陷入悖论

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