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Teaching Energy Reduction in Interface Design by Heuristic Evaluation

Year: 2026

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: In this paper, we present a practical teaching activity aimed for students in human-computer interaction to identify problems related to energy usage in interface design. A set of nine heuristics have been elicited from literature, and tested in a study with 49 students. The study shows that the novice evaluators with low effort could effectively surface problems related to energy usage, but also highlight a tension between user experience and energy saving. The contribution of this paper is a lightweight and practical teaching activity for educating future interface designers on how to minimize energy consumption.

Source: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA)

DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3799283

Authors: Jonas Frich, Job Silas Nisgaard Ehrich, Mathias Sund Sørensen, Kevin Klyssing Jensen, Eva Eriksson

Institution: Aarhus University

Language: English

Topic: Usability and User Interface Design

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7153809856

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