Energy Use Experience Design
Season 3: Episode 7
How can design influence positive behavior change when it comes to climate action? Can the design of your energy bill or thermostat help you rethink how and when you use electricity?
Karina van Schaardenburg joins Eric to share the work being done at Opower (Oracle) to create smarter energy use, customer behavior changes, and the renewable grid of the future.
Listen to this episode on: Spotify, Apple, Google and other places you get your podcastsAbout our guest
Karina’s longtime passion for climate action led her to transition from consumer tech, where she had contributed to Design at Lyft, Foursquare, and Twitter, to her current role leading Design and Research for the Opower team at Oracle Energy and Water. She brings a global systems perspective to her work, having grown up in eight countries (many of which are highly vulnerable to climate impacts). She’s endlessly fascinated by the complexities of the utility landscape, and loves talking to utility customers about how they navigate ever-changing rate plans, appliances, and distributed energy resources.
When she’s not working, she’s probably rock climbing, DJing or sewing.
On the web
linkedin.com/in/karina-van-schaardenburg
Drawdown solution(s):
Episode topic tags:
energy conservation, drawdown, GHG emissions, renewable energy, UX research, design, climate action, energy grid
Find more about how to teach climate design in your classroom at www.climatedesigners.org/edu
Music in this episode
Nature sound effect by bbc.co.uk – ©2023 BBC
Theme music by Casual Motive
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Climate Design Assignments
At the end of each episode, we ask our guests what their ideal climate design project would be. They have four weeks with a class full of design students. We translated their response into a project brief that you can use for your class.
