Competition in a Household Energy Conservation Game

Fijnheer, Jan Dirk; Oostendorp, Herre van; Giezeman, Geert-Jan; Veltkamp, Remco C.

doi:10.3390/su132111991

Cited by 9 publications

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“…Kotsopoulos et al (2017) suggested a behavioral research model for workers' energy conservation at work. The empirical impacts of some serious play in altering knowledge, behavior, and attitude towards energy conservation have been beneficial (Fijnheer et al, 2016). User behavior is influenced by a variety of elements, including monetary considerations, moral principles, and everyday routines.…”

Section: Energy Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gamification in Energy Consumption: A Model for Consumers’ Energy Saving

Huseynli

2024

IJEEP

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In this study, the possibility of saving energy with gamification designed applications was investigated, literature studies on this subject were examined and a gamification-based approach was followed for energy saving. From this point of view, the aim of the study is to propose a gamification-based model to make energy saving easier, fun, enjoyable and beneficial. This study is exploratory qualitative research using systematic literature review, synthesis and induction methods. Within the scope of the study, the literature was first examined. The literature review focused on learning gamification-based designs that encourage energy consumption reduction. After that, a new model was developed based on the general principles of gamification, the characteristics of consumer behavior and the energy consumption target, which is the main subject of the study. As a result of the study, a gamification-based model is proposed for household consumers to reduce their energy consumption and save energy. This gamification-based model includes making energy savings easier and more beneficial for consumers, as well as making it more fun and enjoyable. After that, the proposed model was analyzed based on the studies in the literature and finally the potential of the proposed framework was discussed.

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Section: Energy Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gamification in Energy Consumption: A Model for Consumers’ Energy Saving

Huseynli

2024

IJEEP

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“…However, we have also found that there were some gaming elements and persuasive mechanisms which were not adopted at all; researchers could therefore pay more attention to these neglected elements and mechanisms. In addition, despite the variance of the gaming mechanisms and the persuasive mechanisms deployed, we have noticed that only a small portion (14%) of the reviewed articles had a straightforward focus on evaluating the design of the deployed BCGs, seeking to identify the most effective gaming elements and persuasive strategies for empowering players' EC (see for example [38,67,69,78]). This finding echoes Hammady's and Arnab's remark that "existing studies and reviews often report the effectiveness of game interventions on behavior change without offering any insights into why and how games and gameplay are effective on a granular design level by reflecting on the choice of game elements used in the design" [4] (p. 3).…”

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“From Gamers into Environmental Citizens”: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research on Behavior Change Games for Environmental Citizenship

Georgiou,

Hadjichambis,

Paraskeva-Hadjichambi

et al. 2023

MTI

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As the global environmental crisis intensifies, there has been a significant interest in behavior change games (BCGs), as a viable venue to empower players’ pro-environmentalism. This pro-environmental empowerment is well-aligned with the notion of environmental citizenship (EC), which aims at transforming citizens into “environmental agents of change”, seeking to achieve more sustainable lifestyles. Despite these arguments, studies in this area are thinly spread and fragmented across various research domains. This article is grounded on a systematic review of empirical articles on BCGs for EC covering a time span of fifteen years and published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, in order to provide an understanding of the scope of empirical research in the field. In total, 44 articles were reviewed to shed light on their methodological underpinnings, the gaming elements and the persuasive strategies of the deployed BCGs, the EC actions facilitated by the BCGs, and the impact of BCGs on players’ EC competences. Our findings indicate that while BCGs seem to promote pro-environmental knowledge and attitudes, such an assertion is not fully warranted for pro-environmental behaviors. We reflect on our findings and provide future research directions to push forward the field of BCGs for EC.

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“…Prior work has attempted to make invisible consumption visible through technologies such as web-based apps/mobile applications [6,65], games [41], virtual environments [25], and data sculptures [91,95]. However, most prior work on designing technologies for domestic consumption has not explored how household practices inform the design [95].…”

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Understanding Household Consumption Practices and their Motivations: Opportunities to Foster Sustainability Practices

Perera

Verdezoto

Gwilliam

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies

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Understanding household practices, beliefs, relationships among the members, and their preferences are often overlooked in the design of home-based interventions aiming to reduce consumption. We conducted a survey in the United Kingdom (22 responses) and a follow-up interview with 13 households to inform the design of interventions for reducing household consumption by: 1) understanding household consumption practices, and 2) identifying the concerns and challenges for household engagement with sustainability practices. Our findings highlight how the perspectives, understanding, and motives for consumption reduction actively shape household practices and their attempts to curtail consumption. Existing non-negotiable practices led to additional household consumption and we found different strategies households use to reach a shared-decision on food and energy use. Based on our findings, we provide opportunities for motivating and fostering engagement with sustainable practices at home. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Collaborative and social computing devices; Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing.

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Competition in a Household Energy Conservation Game

Cited by 9 publications

References 70 publications

Gamification in Energy Consumption: A Model for Consumers’ Energy Saving

Gamification in Energy Consumption: A Model for Consumers’ Energy Saving

“From Gamers into Environmental Citizens”: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research on Behavior Change Games for Environmental Citizenship

Understanding Household Consumption Practices and their Motivations: Opportunities to Foster Sustainability Practices

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