Aesthetics and Decarbonisation
DELECTRO is a research-based design studio and new energy product and service development startup.
It is part of the Charge cohort of EnergyLab, located at the Haymarket Campus of University of Technology Sydney.
A set of products and services, each designed to make energy transition feel tangible in everyday life.
DeCarbon Rhythm
Interactive visualisations and logs of live carbon intensity of energy from the electricity grid. Designed and ready for integrating into consumer facing energy applications and public art installations.
DELOCA Marketplace
DELOCA is a low carbon energy use based neighbourhood marketplace. It is currently under development and testing. It is built on Delectro’s proprietary low carbon agent algorithm. The marketplace provides offers, discounts and incentives from local businesses.
OLE The Outdoor Electric Micro Kitchen
OLE is being developed as an open source furniture design based micro-kitchen developed to run on low carbon electricity. It takes its inspiration from the beautiful Australian outdoors and living culture. It doubles up as a home battery for apartment units, granny flats and tiny homes while being portable for barbecues and cook-outs.
The Solar Tea House
This concept development project is for an outdoor pavilion that integrates a home battery system with tea culture. Designed for the context of sub-urban homes, it can be located by the pool side, in gardens or in the backyard.
Delectro undertakes a design-led process of product development with a foundation in user and customer centric approaches. Our product development process is geared towards the growth and development of our customers. With this focus we are currently collaborating with households, local businesses and battery manufacturers.
Design hypothesis, concept design and prototyping with rapid testing to clarify real-world constraints and value.
Interviews, walkthroughs with small cohort trials (neighbourhood-scale) to test behaviour, trust, and usability.
Packaging learnings into product development, partnerships, and deployment models.
We develop products, services, and prototypes that make decarbonisation practical, and experientially meaningful, in everyday life.
Delectro was founded in Sydney by Dr Kartikeya Acharya (Karthik), a design researcher, interaction designer, and architect. His work connects design research, prototyping, and field-led collaboration to open new possibilities in low-carbon living.
Prior roles include Assistant Professor and lab leader at Aarhus University (Denmark) and Research Fellow in new business development at the energy utility corporation, Fortum (Finland). He holds a Doctorate in Design Research (Aalto University) focused on energy research through design practice, and Masters in interaction design (Italy) and architecture (India).
Delectro’s work spans peer-reviewed research, applied industry collaboration, and public exhibitions across multiple countries.
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