Social Power Plus
Description
Individual and collective action is an important driver of energy consumption in households. In Social Power Plus we aim at directly engaging teams of neighbouring households to raise their awareness and promote active energy sufficiency measures (electricity and heating). To support this process, we launch living lab activities aimed at co-creating and field-testing a mobile app exploiting digital energy feedback, gamification and social norms.
Key data
Projectlead
Dr. Francesca Cellina
Co-Projectlead
Project team
Evelyn Lobsiger-Kägi, Devon Wemyss, Silvana Jud, Leticia Müller, Pascal Kienast, Roberta Castri, Vanessa DeLuca, Pasquale Granato
Project partners
Stadtwerk Winterthur; Elektrizitätswerk des Kantons Schaffhausen AG; Technische Betriebe Wil; CLEMAP AG
Project status
completed, 08/2020 - 12/2023
Institute/Centre
Institute of Sustainable Development (INE); Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE)
Funding partner
Bundesamt für Energie BFE
Project budget
278'000 CHF
Further documents and links
Publications
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Households in energy transition : promoting household energy-sufficient routines via app-based peer-to-peer interaction
2024 Cellina, Francesca; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Wemyss, Devon; Profeta, Giovanni; Granato, Pasquale
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Can app-based communities support energy sufficiency in households? Evidence from a one-year quasi-experiment in Switzerland
2024 Cellina, Francesca; Gerosa, Tiziano; Granato, Pasquale; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Wemyss, Devon; Kienast, Pascal
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Social power plus : empowering households to energy sufficiency through co-designed app‑based community energy challenges
2021 Cellina, Francesca; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Castri, Roberta; De Luca, Vanessa; Granato, Pasquale; Kienast, Pascal; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Wemyss, Devon
School of Engineering
Technoparkstrasse 2
8400 Winterthur