Understanding the social practice of EV workplace charging

Eiman Y. ElBanhawy; Blaine A. Price

doi:10.1145/2800835.2800977

Understanding the social practice of EV workplace charging

Eiman Y. ElBanhawy
, Blaine A. Price

School of Architecture, Art and Design

Open University Milton Keynes

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Abstract

Owning or leasing an electric vehicle (EV) is becoming more common in developed countries. While home charging is the most common choice, workplace charging and its provision by employers has become an important option. For many, it is essential to cope with the limited range of most EVs. Home and work are the two places where vehicles are parked for long periods and so are prime candidates as charging locations. However, workplace charging is often a limited resource. This paper reports on an empirical study of workplace charging at a UK public sector employer. It explores the use of workplace charging (WPC) via spatiotemporal analysis of employees and visitors' charging events over a 3-month period. It provides insights into weekly patterns and daily mechanisms of using shared facilities in a WPC environment. We identify insights that are relevant in the design of workplace-charging infrastructure, identify the design needs, emerging requirements, and highlight potential areas for sociotechnical-interventions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1133-1142
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450335751
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2800977
Publication status	Published - 7 Sept 2015
Event	ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Osaka, Japan Duration: 7 Sept 2015 → 11 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference	ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp and ISWC 2015
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	7/09/15 → 11/09/15

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Design requirements
Electric vehicle
Spatiotemporal analysis
Usability
Workplace charging

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ElBanhawy, E. Y., & Price, B. A. (2015). Understanding the social practice of EV workplace charging. In UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp. 1133-1142). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2800977

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ElBanhawy, EY & Price, BA 2015, Understanding the social practice of EV workplace charging. in UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1133-1142, ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp and ISWC 2015, Osaka, Japan, 7/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2800977

Understanding the social practice of EV workplace charging. / ElBanhawy, Eiman Y.; Price, Blaine A.
UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. p. 1133-1142.

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ElBanhawy EY, Price BA. Understanding the social practice of EV workplace charging. In UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Association for Computing Machinery. 2015. p. 1133-1142 doi: 10.1145/2800835.2800977

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