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On the edge of supply: designing renewable energy supply into everyday life

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Publication date07/2014
Host publicationProceedings of ICT4S 2014
PublisherAtlantis Press
Pages48-57
Number of pages10
ISBN (print)9789462520226
<mark>Original language</mark>English
EventICT4Sustainability 2nd International Conference - Stockholm, Sweden
Duration: 24/08/201427/08/2014

Conference

ConferenceICT4Sustainability 2nd International Conference
Country/TerritorySweden
CityStockholm
Period24/08/1427/08/14

Conference

ConferenceICT4Sustainability 2nd International Conference
Country/TerritorySweden
CityStockholm
Period24/08/1427/08/14

Abstract

With peak oil behind us, nuclear generation capacity dwindling, and increasingly daunting looking carbon emissions targets, we are moving to a world where we must consider transitioning to renewable energy sources. Renewables are time varying and their inherent unpredictability must challenge our everyday assumptions around energy availability—leading, we believe, to an emphasis on ‘supply’ rather than ‘demand’. Using a range of methods including action research, participatory design and technology mediated enquiry, we report on our work in partnership with the community of Tiree as an exemplar of this future. Tiree is the outermost of the Scottish Inner Hebrides— a remote island on the edge of the national electricity grid with a precarious grip on energy—here we uncover the role of renewables and the resilience of a community in moving away from traditional energy provision. We offer opportunities for designing ICT to support supply driven practices in this context, and a simple framework for exploiting under and over supply.

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© Atlantis Press. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.