Eurac Research

Understanding Stakeholder Perspectives: Towards the Design of a Serious Game for Positive Energy Districts

This study examines how serious games might support the adoption of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs), urban areas that produce more energy than they consume, by addressing the shortage of data, tools, and guidance that local administrators face when implementing them.

• Serious games are seen by stakeholders as a way to improve attitudes toward learning, encourage positive behaviours, and make education on Positive Energy Districts more enjoyable than conventional approaches.
• The study rests on six in-depth interviews with local administrators and experts in Italy, Sweden, and Turkey, which produced 38 driver statements and 20 barrier statements.
• The main stakeholder reservations are skepticism about whether game elements belong in serious contexts and privacy concerns tied to the data involved.