Overview
Background
I am an Adjunct Research Fellow who works between the UQ School of EECS and CSIRO. I am passionate about design and technology that makes a positive impact to sustainability, and building better relationships between people, their personal data and the energy they consume. My work seeks to understand the role of data visualisations in building energy literacy and balancing energy efficiency and adequate ventilation/indoor air quality (IAQ). I lead the Study Fresh program at UQ which has engaged over 650 students across 20 schools in hands-on workshops towards building IAQ monitors and learning how to identify and remedy poor IAQ in classrooms. I hold grants related to improving farmers' experience in electricity retailer switching, regional energy resilience and have run a two-year study examining longitudinal engagement with energy use feedback. My research involves mixed methods including ethnography, co-design, speculative design, in-situ monitoring and data analysis to inform the design of visualisations to improve energy literacy. I have applied these methods to case studies in the UK and Australia and completed over 200 audits as a building sustainability assessor under the Australian Government’s Green Loans scheme (2009-2012).
Availability
- Dr Stephen Snow is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
Research impacts
Research featured in Future Learning Magazine, Farm Weekly, Wired Magazine, on ABC Radio, in Newscorp papers, and in multiple school's social media (e.g. a, b, c -p.8).
Panelist on Digital Worlds and Disruptive Technologies UK/UQ event
Two-part report commissioned and prepared for the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
h-Index of 13- over 45 peer reviewed journal and conference articles published in Q1, Q2, CORE A* and CORE A venues- Google Scholar.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Housing design for health in a changing climate for remote Indigenous communities in semi-arid Australia
Memmott, Paul, Lansbury, Nina, Nash, Daphne, Snow, Stephen, Redmond, Andrew M., Burgen, Clarissa (Waanyi), Matthew, Paul, Quilty, Simon and Frank, Patricia Narrurlu (Warumungu) (2024). Housing design for health in a changing climate for remote Indigenous communities in semi-arid Australia. Architecture, 4 (3), 778-801. doi: 10.3390/architecture4030041
2024
Journal Article
Household Wattch: Exploring opportunities for surveillance and consent through families’ household energy use data
Snow, Stephen, Khan, Awais Hameed, Day, Kaleb and Matthews, Ben (2024). Household Wattch: Exploring opportunities for surveillance and consent through families’ household energy use data. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 31 (4), 1-30. doi: 10.1145/3673228
2024
Journal Article
Multi-decadal climate services help farmers assess and manage future risks
Malakar, Yuwan, Snow, Stephen, Fleming, Aysha, Fielke, Simon, Jakku, Emma, Tozer, Carly and Darbyshire, Rebecca (2024). Multi-decadal climate services help farmers assess and manage future risks. Nature Climate Change, 14 (6), 586-591. doi: 10.1038/s41558-024-02021-2
2024
Journal Article
Climate services for agriculture: Steering towards inclusive innovation in Australian climate services design and delivery
Snow, Stephen, Fielke, Simon, Fleming, Aysha, Jakku, Emma, Malakar, Yuwan, Turner, Charles, Hunter, Tammy, Tijs, Sigrid and Bonnett, Graham (2024). Climate services for agriculture: Steering towards inclusive innovation in Australian climate services design and delivery. Agricultural Systems, 217 103938, 103938. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103938
2024
Journal Article
Comparing established practice for short-term forecasts and emerging use of climate projections to identify opportunities for climate services in Australian agriculture
Malakar, Yuwan, Fleming, Aysha, Fielke, Simon, Snow, Stephen and Jakku, Emma (2024). Comparing established practice for short-term forecasts and emerging use of climate projections to identify opportunities for climate services in Australian agriculture. Climate Services, 33 100442, 100442. doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100442
2023
Journal Article
“A little bit obsessed with the weather”: leveraging Australian farmers’ online weather practices to inform the design of climate services
Snow, Stephen, Fleming, Aysha, Fielke, Simon, Malakar, Yuwan, Jakku, Emma, Tozer, Carly and Bonnett, Graham D (2023). “A little bit obsessed with the weather”: leveraging Australian farmers’ online weather practices to inform the design of climate services. NJAS: Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences, 96 (1) 2296652. doi: 10.1080/27685241.2023.2296652
2023
Journal Article
Designing serious games to engage children with energy saving in the home: potential learning outcomes and design considerations
Snow, Stephen, Matthews, Sarah, Chen, Yueer, Yang, Sicheng and Bayley, Mark (2023). Designing serious games to engage children with energy saving in the home: potential learning outcomes and design considerations. Journal of Computers in Education. doi: 10.1007/s40692-023-00302-x
2023
Journal Article
The audience impact of an ethnodrama based on the lived experiences of family caregivers of loved ones with a mental illness
Snow, Stephen, Segalowitz, Norman, D'amico, Miranda and Mongerson, Eric (2023). The audience impact of an ethnodrama based on the lived experiences of family caregivers of loved ones with a mental illness. Drama Therapy Review, 9 (2), 239-257. doi: 10.1386/dtr_00131_1
2023
Conference Publication
Participatory design tools: leveraging materiality and familiarity to adapt unconventional materials into design tools
Khan, Awais Hameed, Snow, Stephen and Matthews, Ben (2023). Participatory design tools: leveraging materiality and familiarity to adapt unconventional materials into design tools. 15th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C&C '23, Online, 19 - 21 June 2023. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3591196.3593339
2023
Journal Article
Co-designing Climate Services for Agriculture - reflecting on successes, setbacks and early lessons learned
Fleming, Aysha, Fielke, Simon, Jakku, Emma, Malakar, Yuwan, Snow, Stephen, Dickson, Stephanie, Hay, Rachel, Prakash, Mahesh, Tijs, Sigrid and Cornish, Gillian (2023). Co-designing Climate Services for Agriculture - reflecting on successes, setbacks and early lessons learned. Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal, 19 (2), 24-34.
2022
Journal Article
Micro-climatic variations and their impact on domestic energy consumption - systematic literature review
Nowak, Agnieszka Magdalena, Snow, Stephen, Horrocks, Neil and Glencross, Mashhuda (2022). Micro-climatic variations and their impact on domestic energy consumption - systematic literature review. Energy and Buildings, 277 112476, 112476. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112476
2022
Other Outputs
Charting farmers’ experience of tariff switching: prepared in collaboration with Queensland Farmers Federation for Energy Consumers Australia
Snow, Stephen , Balson, Alexander , Chamberlin, Andrew , Clerc, Carolina and Chapman, Archie (2022). Charting farmers’ experience of tariff switching: prepared in collaboration with Queensland Farmers Federation for Energy Consumers Australia. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/138e511
2022
Journal Article
Human factors affecting ventilation in Australian classrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Toward insourcing occupants' proficiency in ventilation management
Snow, Stephen, Danam, Royce, Leardini, Paola, Glencross, Mashhuda, Beeson, Brett, Ottenhaus, Lisa-Mareike and Boden, Marie (2022). Human factors affecting ventilation in Australian classrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Toward insourcing occupants' proficiency in ventilation management. Frontiers in Computer Science, 4 888688. doi: 10.3389/fcomp.2022.888688
2022
Journal Article
Do solar households want demand response and shared electricity data? Exploring motivation, ability and opportunity in Australia
Snow, Stephen, Chadwick, Kevin, Horrocks, Neil, Chapman, Archie and Glencross, Mashhuda (2022). Do solar households want demand response and shared electricity data? Exploring motivation, ability and opportunity in Australia. Energy Research and Social Science, 87 102480, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102480
2022
Conference Publication
On-demand batteries as a peer-to-peer service
Balson, Alexander, Bean, Richard, Chapman, Archie C., Snow, Stephen, Viller, Stephen, Horrocks, Neil and Glencross, Mashhuda (2022). On-demand batteries as a peer-to-peer service. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia) Conference, Brisbane QLD Australia, 5-8 December 2021. Piscataway, NJ USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ISGTASIA49270.2021.9715657
2022
Conference Publication
User-centred design of a grid health virtual reality tabletop for energy networks
Snow, Stephen, Weigel, Jason, Balson, Alex, Viller, Stephen and Glencross, Mashhuda (2022). User-centred design of a grid health virtual reality tabletop for energy networks. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia) Conference, Brisbane QLD Australia, 5-8 December 2021. Piscataway, NJ USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ISGTASIA49270.2021.9715616
2021
Journal Article
Energy audits and eco-feedback: exploring the barriers and facilitators of agricultural energy efficiency improvements on Australian farms
Snow, Stephen, Clerc, Carolina and Horrocks, Neil (2021). Energy audits and eco-feedback: exploring the barriers and facilitators of agricultural energy efficiency improvements on Australian farms. Energy Research and Social Science, 80 102225, 102225. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102225
2021
Journal Article
How to do things with notes: the embodied socio-material performativity of sticky notes
Matthews, Ben, Khan, Awais Hameed, Snow, Stephen, Schlosser, Paul, Salisbury, Isaac and Matthews, Sarah (2021). How to do things with notes: the embodied socio-material performativity of sticky notes. Design Studies, 76 101035, 101035. doi: 10.1016/j.destud.2021.101035
2021
Journal Article
Evaluating the interdependency between peer-to-peer networks and energy storages: a techno-economic proof for prosumers
Englberger, Stefan, Chapman, Archie C., Tushar, Wayes, Almomani, Tariq, Snow, Stephen, Witzmann, Rolf, Jossen, Andreas and Hesse, Holger (2021). Evaluating the interdependency between peer-to-peer networks and energy storages: a techno-economic proof for prosumers. Advances in Applied Energy, 3 100059, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.adapen.2021.100059
2021
Conference Publication
Speculative design for education: using participatory methods to map design challenges and opportunities in Pakistan
Khan, Awais Hameed, Ejaz, Neelam, Matthews, Sarah, Snow, Stephen and Matthews, Ben (2021). Speculative design for education: using participatory methods to map design challenges and opportunities in Pakistan. Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Virtual, 28 June - 2 July 2021. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3461778.3462117
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Material Forms of Participation: Exploring the Value of Design by Making Design Methods Accessible to Non-designers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews
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