COLLABORATORS: David Roedl, Will Odom CLIENT: Indiana University (IU) Sustainability Task Force and IU Utilities Group. METHODS: contextual inquiry, brainstorming and ideation, sketching and illustration, wireframe, screen prototype, strategic design planning TOOLS: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, paper-prototyping and evaluation DELIVERABLES: [Design Document PDF] , [Visualization Site]
+ OVERVIEW 10,000+ students in Indiana University dormitories competed in this month-long competition to save electricity and water. The competition resulted in an estimated avoidance of 33,008 kWh of electricity and 724,322 gallons of water compared to baseline consumption of the previous three years. The primary component of the competition was the web-based competition standings interface. This project was led by David Roedl, who did the majority of the interface design and implementation. Myself and Will Odom conducted the majority of the user research, as well as the iterative design and evaluation of early interfaces. + USER RESEARCH Contextual inquiry and task analysis was conducted with students living in campus dormitories. We then conducted usability evaluations of early interface concepts leading to significant design changes. (See our design document for more information.)
+ ENERGY CHALLENGE INTERFACE The final interface visualization consists of two primary views. The competition standings view communicates who is winning (i.e. using the least amount of water and electricity) and by how much. The detailed consumption view communicates the amount of energy and water being consumed, as well as the environmental impacts of this consumption. 
+ PUBLICATIONS: Odom, W., Pierce, J. & Roedl, D. (2009). Social Incentive & Eco-Visualization Displays: Toward Persuading Greater Change in Dormitory Communities. In workshop proceedings of Public and Situated Displays to Support Communities. OZCHI '08.
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