Human Building Interaction and Design for Climate Change
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Eleni Margariti, Caroline Claisse, Sara Nabil, Ben Bridgens, Abigail C Durrant, 
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Eleni Margariti, Caroline Claisse, Sara Nabil, Ben Bridgens, Abigail C Durrant, David KirkAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 462 - 466
Abstract
Climate change poses unique challenges and opportunities for the design of human-centered smart buildings. Developments in innovative programmable materials can address some of the challenges of creating passive buildings whilst cultivating more responsible human-climate relationships. Yet, their potential in the context of climate change remains relatively underexplored by the Human-Computer Interaction and Human Building Interaction research communities. This workshop invites proposals that rethink the design of physical human-data interactions in our built environment in the increasingly urgent context of climate change. The workshop will include opportunities to present and discuss participants’ research and design work, followed by a ‘mapping the research landscape’ exercise, and a video design-fiction prototyping session. The anticipated outcome of the workshop will be a new design agenda for HCI/HBI research in response to climate change, which will be of critical relevance to people designing and developing smart buildings, cities and urban infrastructures.
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