WebSci12 - Day Two (intial thoughts at the web to energy interface)

On day two of WebSci12 at Northwestern Uni (in Evanston) again I've been trying to keep a running list of the research ideas at the web science - energy interface. Today,  these include the potential to:

• develop a socio-technical systems analysis of the potential of open data to promote adoption of energy demand reduction measure under the Green Deal;
• analyse the online interactions of community energy initiatives (such as http://www.energy4all.co.uk);
• qualitatively analyse the wikipedia entries for low carbon technologies (e.g. solar) to develop understanding of the public perceptions/dialogue in this area;
• consider the incentives to encourage adoption of the Green Deal through interpersonal influence (e.g. incentives to adopt, plus incentives for getting your friends to adopt) - based upon the approaches used by Sinan Aral @sinanaral in the social marketing domain.