Bhattacharya, Sanjukta and De Feo, Vito and Bourazeri, Aikaterini (2024) GreenMate: A Serious Game Educating Children about Energy Efficiency. IEEE Transactions on Games. pp. 1-14. DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/tg.2024.3415393
Bhattacharya, Sanjukta and De Feo, Vito and Bourazeri, Aikaterini (2024) GreenMate: A Serious Game Educating Children about Energy Efficiency. IEEE Transactions on Games. pp. 1-14. DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/tg.2024.3415393
Bhattacharya, Sanjukta and De Feo, Vito and Bourazeri, Aikaterini (2024) GreenMate: A Serious Game Educating Children about Energy Efficiency. IEEE Transactions on Games. pp. 1-14. DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/tg.2024.3415393
Abstract
Improving the energy efficiency and reducing the CO<sub>2</sub> emissions are key strategic objectives for governments on an international level. Although children represent the future energy consumers and efforts have been made to enhance their understanding of energy consumption, there is a lack of initiatives focused on assessing children's awareness regarding energy usage at home and school. Serious games present a highly effective approach to educate and raise children's awareness about energy production and consumption; they are widely used to simulate real-world scenarios, inform or raise players' awareness, and stimulate their problem-solving abilities. Moreover, they assist players in visualising their actions and intuitively exploring different events. This paper discusses the development of a serious game, the GreenMate game, which visually portrays the daily activities and experiences of a primary school student. It incorporates progressive levels to enhance comprehension and knowledge of the diverse factors influencing the growing energy crisis, as well as strategies for managing and mitigating them. According to our experimental findings, the GreenMate game can be used as a productive educational tool to effectively foster desired changes in children's behavior regarding energy consumption.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | children; energy efficiency; energy sustainability; green energy; serious games |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2024 12:11 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2024 00:18 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38740 |
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