TY - GEN
T1 - Let EcoDrive be your guide
T2 - 27th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2012
AU - Rahman, Farzana
AU - O'Brien, Casey
AU - Manning, Kristine
AU - Cowdy, Jason
AU - Ahamed, Sheikh Iqbal
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Personal transportation is considered as the greatest contributor of CO 2 emissions in the entire world. Since transportation is a mobile activity, mobile devices are well suited to sense and provide feedback about these activities. In this paper, we explore the use of personal mobile phones to give users feedback about their carbon footprint due to different transportation choices and activates. We propose a mobile GPS application, EcoDrive, for iPhone that suggests the fuel efficient route to the user. It can inform user about alternative public transportation to the same destination. EcoDrive supports awareness of personal transportation activities, reminds users of additional reasons for being green (e.g., financial savings), and emphasize them to adopt eco-friendly behavior. The key contribution of this paper is the presentation of the design, implementation, and validation of the prototype of EcoDrive.
AB - Personal transportation is considered as the greatest contributor of CO 2 emissions in the entire world. Since transportation is a mobile activity, mobile devices are well suited to sense and provide feedback about these activities. In this paper, we explore the use of personal mobile phones to give users feedback about their carbon footprint due to different transportation choices and activates. We propose a mobile GPS application, EcoDrive, for iPhone that suggests the fuel efficient route to the user. It can inform user about alternative public transportation to the same destination. EcoDrive supports awareness of personal transportation activities, reminds users of additional reasons for being green (e.g., financial savings), and emphasize them to adopt eco-friendly behavior. The key contribution of this paper is the presentation of the design, implementation, and validation of the prototype of EcoDrive.
KW - GPS
KW - carbon footprint
KW - green route
KW - mobile device
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U2 - 10.1145/2245276.2245376
DO - 10.1145/2245276.2245376
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863595014
SN - 9781450308571
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
SP - 519
EP - 524
BT - 27th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2012
Y2 - 26 March 2012 through 30 March 2012
ER -