Providing eco-driving feedback to corporate car drivers: : what impact does a smartphone application have on their fuel efficiency?
ISBN
978-1-4503-1224-0
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-09-05
Author(s)
Abstract
The personal transport sector constitutes an important target of energy conservation and emission reduction programs. In this context, eco-feedback technologies that provide information on the driving behavior have shown to be an effective means to stimulate changes in driving in favor of both, reduced costs and environmental impact. This study extends the literature on eco-feedback technologies as it demonstrates that a smartphone application can improve fuel efficiency even under conditions where monetary incentives are not given, i.e. where the drivers do not pay for fuel. The field test, which took place with 50 corporate car drivers, demonstrates an improvement in the overall fuel efficiency by 3.23%. The theoretical contribution underlines the assumption that context-related feedback can favorably influence behavior even without direct financial benefits for the agent. Given the large share of corporate cars, findings are also of high practical importance and motivate future research on eco-driving feedback technologies.
Language
English
Keywords
Eco-Feedback Technology
Eco-driving
Sustainability
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Publisher
ACM
Publisher place
New York, NY, USA
Start page
212
End page
215
Event Title
14th ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp'12)
Event Location
Pittsburgh, USA
Event Date
05.-08.09.2012
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
224985
File(s)![Thumbnail Image]()
Name
Providing eco-driving feedback to corporate car drivers_Tulusan_2012.pdf
Size
523.6 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
200831d51748598090f39ae39c262e8e