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InAir: sharing indoor air quality measurements and visualizations

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CHI '10: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1861 - 1870

https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753605

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

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This paper describes inAir, a tool for sharing measurements and visualizations of indoor air quality within one's social network. Poor indoor air quality is difficult for humans to detect through sight and smell alone and can contribute to the development of chronic diseases. Through a four-week long study of fourteen households as six groups, we found that inAir (1) increased awareness of, and reflection on air quality, (2) promoted behavioral changes that resulted in improved indoor air quality, and (3) demonstrated the persuasive power of sharing for furthering improvements to indoor air quality in terms of fostering new social awareness and behavior changes as well as strengthening social bonds and prompting collaborative efforts across social networks to improve human health and well being.

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CHI '10: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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