Ambient and Ubiquitous Visualization for Sustainability

环境和无处不在的可持续发展可视化

• 批准号: 327302-2012
• 负责人: Bartram, Linda(Lyn)
• 金额: $ 1.02万
• 依托单位: Simon Fraser University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=571978
• 关键词: Ambient; Ubiquitous; Visualization; Sustainability

Distributed sensing and data collection mechanisms are making a wealth of data about resource consumption available to residents. Visualizing this information in ways that are meaningful and contextually appropriate will help to bridge the gap between data and informed decisions about how to sustainably use resources. This research program will examine how different visualization approaches, from typical information displays to more embedded and ambient representations, can be used to help people understand and manage their energy use in non-desktop contexts: in the home, at school and in public environments. It supports conservation activities, and particularly reducing energy use, requires a range of visualization techniques to aid informed decision-making. However, typical information visualization techniques are not necessarily applicable. Numerous researchers have pointed out that we cannot just import established visualization techniques to non-work environments. The process of designing the user interface systems for these environments means considering a range of user attention from ambient to focused, appropriate placement of devices to support daily activities, and balancing aesthetic appeal and usefulness. This research program will use both empirical and scientific approaches to establish basic legibility and perceptibility constraints while integrating more applied knowledge from design and architecture to explore the impact of placement, operation and utility in different tasks and environments. It will investigate a gamut of approaches from traditional information visualizations of data to the ambient, distributed and ubiquitous representations advocated by recent research. It will improve the appearance, communicative scope, usability and efficacy of a range of computer-generated techniques for visualization of energy use and make it easy for Canadians make informed energy conservation decisions.

分布式传感和数据收集机制正在为居民提供大量有关资源消耗的数据。以有意义和适合背景的方式将这些信息可视化，将有助于弥合数据与关于如何可持续利用资源的知情决策之间的差距。这项研究计划将研究如何不同的可视化方法，从典型的信息显示到更多的嵌入式和环境表示，可以用来帮助人们了解和管理他们在非桌面环境中的能源使用：在家里，在学校和公共环境。它支持保护活动，特别是减少能源使用，需要一系列可视化技术来帮助明智的决策。 然而，典型的信息可视化技术并不一定适用。许多研究人员指出，我们不能只是将已建立的可视化技术导入非工作环境。为这些环境设计用户界面系统的过程意味着考虑从周围环境到集中的用户注意力的范围，适当放置设备以支持日常活动，并平衡美学吸引力和实用性。该研究计划将使用经验和科学方法来建立基本的易读性和可感知性限制，同时整合更多来自设计和建筑的应用知识，以探索不同任务和环境中的放置，操作和实用性的影响。它将研究从传统的数据信息可视化到最近研究倡导的环境，分布式和无处不在的表示方法。它将改善一系列计算机生成的能源使用可视化技术的外观、交流范围、可用性和功效，并使加拿大人容易做出明智的节能决定。