City Builders x Energy

A city building game on energy efficiency

 

Objective —
Raise awareness on energy efficiency in urban settings, and encourage behavioral changes with teenagers in high schools across the province of Québec

Mandate —
• Design and production of an analog serious game
• Facilitate workshops 

Impacts —
• 1 game 
• 28 workshops in Montréal, Brossard, Laval, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lévis and Québec
• 755 participants (12-17 years old)

Date —
January 2020 to June 2021

 

Objective —

Mandate —
• Facilitate workshops
• Develop a toolkit ready-to-play for high schools (licence, pilot project)

Impacts —
• 1 game
• 32 workshops across Quebec, Montreal, and Saguenay
• 3 partners for hosting and facilitating the workshops
• 1 licence for 1 school in Laval
• 900 participants (12-17 years old)

Date —
January 2022 to December 2022

This game is an extension of City Builders. Each team is responsible for their own city, and their decisions are their own to make and to justify. They have to refurbish the buildings and the streets, and propose regulations and community projects to reduce green gas emissions and ensure the energy transition. Through this reflective playful experience, they learn about energy efficiency, and how to reduce our consumption at city scale by intervening on investing in efficient isolation and equipment, reducing road capacity, investing in sharing and electrification of transportation, and more. Following the game session, the group takes part in a plenary session where cities are analyzed and discussed.


This project is made possible with the support of the Government of Quebec. We developed this game together to raise awareness on energy efficiency, and to empower teenagers to become active agents of change in ensuring the energy transition across the Province of Québec.

 

With the support of

 

  • “Being responsible of a neighborhood helped me understand the actions I can take to reduce our energy consumption.”

    — High school student, translated from french

  • “I enjoyed looking at other teams’ neighborhoods to learn about the different problems and solutions related to energy efficiency.”

    — High school student, translated from french

  • “I gained knowledge on energy efficiency and learned solutions on how to fight pollution and climate change, while having fun playing a game.”

    — High school student, translated from french

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