Designing the tool:An interactive webinar

Anne Owen and Katy Roelich

Aims of the webinar and questionnaire

• To steer the look, feel and functionality of the tool

• To identify our user group

• To understand the unique needs of different user types (user profiling)

• To start to form the EUREAPA user group

Webinar method

• Three questions to be answered during the webinar• Interactive show of hands• Use the comment area to discuss finer points

• What level of data do you want to have access to?• Where should the tool be held?• What additional features would you like to aid data

interpretation?

• After the webinar has finished, please fill in the questionnaire to provide more detail

Watermelon or a fruit salad

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Watermelon or a fruit salad

EUREAPA engine

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Data

CO2 emissions of clothing by country

for 2006

Water footprint by

country for years

1992-2006

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• Uni-dimentional data base• Able to extract all the data• Limited interpretation

Watermelon or a fruit salad

EUREAPA engine

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Querying tool

• Pre determined data taken from the engine• Limited number of ‘slices’• Interesting angles interpreted with graphics

Watermelon or a fruit salad: making changes to the tool

EUREAPA engine

•Env accounts•MRIO

A new csv input file replacing certain fields with results from:• a preloaded scenario• user updated baseline data• user defined scenario of the future

New set of results

Watermelon or a fruit salad: making changes to the tool

EUREAPA engine

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Changes viewed in tool results

A new csv input file replacing certain fields Sliders and dials:

• preset to preloaded scenario• user defined

Vote now!

• Raise your hand if you want the whole watermelon

On the web vs. on my desktop

Web Desktop

Need to be online Can access offline

Always using latest version Need plan for updating process

Access from any computer Have to use the computer that tool is loaded on to

Can build user forum, data share area around the tool

Tool separate from data share and forum area

Do we restrict access? Access will be restricted to who we give tool to

Vote now!

• Raise your hand if you want the tool on the web

Making comparisons, benchmarking and explaining the data

How close are we to one planet living?

What factors may lead to a higher

impact

Does having a higher impact influence

wellbeing?

How does my footprint compare to other

countries?

View Data Manipulating data

Choose unitTotalPer person

Choose CategoryTotalHousingTransportFoodConsumablesServicesOther

Choose TimeAll200020012002200320042005200620072008

Choose AreaEU27AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmark

Single area focus Spatial Compare Chart Compare Scatterplots

Water Footprint of Food

200 litres per person

50 litres per person

View Data Manipulating data

Choose unitTotalPer person

Choose CategoryTotalHousingTransportFoodConsumablesServicesOther

Choose TimeAll200020012002200320042005200620072008

Choose AreaEU27AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmark

Single area focus Spatial Compare Chart Compare Scatterplots

Water Footprint of Food

Targets and benchmarks

My area’s carbon footprint of catered food

High

Low

Highest in EU 27

Highest consumption categoryHighest historically

Lowest in EU 27Lowest consumption category

Lowest historicallyTarget?

Making comparisons

Gap minder example

Vote now!

• Raise your hand if you want additional information in the tool to aid interpretation