(Dis)Comforts of Home Symposium UCL
An interdisciplinary symposium 13-14 September 2012. Bringing together people interested in whether culture and language can help us understand energy consumption in the home and at work.
discomforts.wordpress.com Please don't stop thinking about #energycultures just because our little shindig is over.- Hey all, the #energycultures symposium has finished. Thanks so much for interacting w/us these last 2 days, brought a new dimension to it…
RT @UCL_GCSC: @BenCampkin Architect who thinks about climate—Philippe Rahm—Bartlett Lecture 17 Oct bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/e… #energycultures ...
RT @UCL_GCSC: @BenCampkin Architect who thinks about climate—Philippe Rahm—Bartlett Lecture 17 Oct bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/e… #energycultures ...
Richard Jackson: people might have no incentive to do anything about their work environment. How can we inspire change? #energycultures- Another recommendation from @BenCampkin during #energycultures discussion: “Objects of Desire” by Adrian Forty amazon.co.uk/Objects-Desire…
- @BenCampkin Architect who thinks about climate—Philippe Rahm—Bartlett Lecture 17 Oct bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/e… #energycultures @BartlettArchUCL
- @BenCampkin chairing discussion on #energycultures. Contributions from Richard Jackson, Michelle Shipworth and Mary Hilson #energycultures
- Globalcool: turn down your thermostat and become skinny like Stella Tennant. Pfft! #energycultures ^PSC
- RT @scandstudies: "Home is not fixed, nor pre-existent, but conceptually fluid." -- Dr ADrazin #energycultures ^WDS
- globalcool.org fashion/celebrity for behaviour change-Stella Tennant & weight loss goo.gl/C6IIO #energycultures @UCL_Energy
RT @ProfLesleyHead: RT @scandstudies: Dr Russell Hitchings (UCL Geog) speaking now on geographies & thermal comfort #energycultures ...- RT @UCL_GCSC: Human Variation in Thermal Comfort Preference, large ranges exist within the same building. #energycultures @UCL_Energy ht ...
RT @UCL_GCSC: How do people use thermostats? Turn it up, select a temp? Most find the 'click', using it as a switch. #energycultures Shi ...- RT @UCL_GCSC: Human Variation in Thermal Comfort Preference, large ranges exist within the same building. #energycultures @UCL_Energy ht ...
- Basically engineers&designers don't trust people to properly regulate their use; leads to overcorrective use by people #energycultures ^WDS
- DR MShipworth painting a pretty clear picture of the disconnect b/w how eng design heating/energy prods & how users use #energycultures ^WDS
- How do people use thermostats? Turn it up, select a temp? Most find the 'click', using it as a switch. #energycultures Shipworth @UCL_Energy
- Human Variation in Thermal Comfort Preference, large ranges exist within the same building. #energycultures @UCL_Energy discomforts.wordpress.com
- Not only money & info that motivates people/changes behaviour. Importance of well designed feedback Shipworth #energycultures @UCL_Energy
- Princeton—70s twin rivers study of identical houses showed people matter, human behaviour v important energy use determinant #energycultures
- Back for final presentation of the day—(dis)comforts of home symposium—Michelle Shipworth @UCL_Energy discomforts.wordpress.com #energycultures
