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

Maria Angela Ferrario, Stephen Forshaw, Peter Newman, William Simm, Adrian Friday, Alan Dix

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICT for Sustainability 2014, ICT4S 2014
PublisherAtlantis Press
Pages48-57
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9789462520226
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2014
Event2nd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2014 - Stockholm, Sweden
Duration: 24 Aug 201427 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameAdvances in Computer Science Research
Volume2
ISSN (Print)2352-538X

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2014
Country/TerritorySweden
CityStockholm
Period24/08/1427/08/14

Keywords

  • Community
  • Renewables
  • Supply responsive design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture

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