TY - GEN
T1 - On the edge of supply
T2 - 2nd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2014
AU - Ferrario, Maria Angela
AU - Forshaw, Stephen
AU - Newman, Peter
AU - Simm, William
AU - Friday, Adrian
AU - Dix, Alan
PY - 2014/7/1
Y1 - 2014/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Community
KW - Renewables
KW - Supply responsive design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928043817&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.6
DO - 10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.6
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84928043817
T3 - Advances in Computer Science Research
SP - 48
EP - 57
BT - ICT for Sustainability 2014, ICT4S 2014
PB - Atlantis Press
Y2 - 24 August 2014 through 27 August 2014
ER -
