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WattBot: a residential electricity monitoring and feedback system

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Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems archive
Proceedings of the 27th international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems table of contents

Boston, MA, USA

SESSION: Student design competition table of contents

Pages 2847-2852

Year of Publication: 2009

ISBN:978-1-60558-247-4

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Dane Petersen	Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Jay Steele	Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Joe Wilkerson	Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

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ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Electricity production emits carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere, adversely influences global climate change, depletes limited natural resources, and negatively impacts the lives of those who live near power plants. We designed a residential electricity monitoring and feedback system called WattBot, that allows users to track their home energy usage and encourages them to reduce consumption. Our solution is an application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch that receives data from a wireless hub, allowing users to view, compare and analyze their electricity usage over time.

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