Edinburgh Napier University

  This paper presents Eco Planner, a tangible system that aims to encourage users to behave more sustainably. It is based on a tabletop system showing a tabular view on which users can manipulate tokens to express and observe information about their daily routines and associated consumption levels and environmental affects. It is designed to support long-term engagement through a prolonged behavior change process and support high-level group activities such as achieving sustainability goals at the level of an entire household. It argues that these qualities are valuable but poorly supported by current eco-feedback systems. This paper covers the design and implementation of Eco Planner and concludes by discussing the evaluations required to validate these claims.