Larissa Nicholls

Senior Research Fellow, Department of Human Centred Computing Larissa.Nicholls@monash.edu

Biography

Larissa’s human-computer interaction research includes smart home, distributed electricity generation, and other digital technologies. Her applied research projects involve in-home ethnographic research to explore interactions between energy (technologies, usage, pricing, communications) and social, physical and financial wellbeing. Having worked extensively in the areas of home energy efficiency and energy demand management, Larissa is currently investigating how emerging digital technologies may impact future energy demand and infrastructures.

articles

A woman's hand pointing a remote control at an air conditioner in the background

Home ventilation dilemmas amid COVID, climate change and renewable energy

Seal it up? Open it up? Air quality is a growing concern for Australian households, and the gap between energy advice and health advice leaves many people confused.

Technology

Hidden household energy poverty

Many more households face financial hardship and discomfort at home this winter, as we physically self-isolate from work, family and friends due to COVID-19.

Sustainability