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Steffen Wehkamp
Department Energy, OFFIS e.V., Institute for Computer Science, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany

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Journal article
Published: 15 December 2020 in Sustainability
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Communicating knowledge about energy transition is a challenge of sustainable development. Serious games are a possible approach to explain complex relationships and present them to citizens. This paper discusses the development process of the serious board game “Changing the Game—Neighbourhood”. Therefore, this paper describes our approach of developing a serious game with co-designers in four phases and illustrates the process using an example. Doing so, the paper focus on two central challenges: (1) How can a serious game be developed for the energy transition, which keeps a balance between learning and playability? (2) How can co-design contribute to the development of a serious game? We found out that the use of prototypes and the influence of different stakeholders as informants, co-designers, and testers were crucial for the expansion of the learning content, the improvement of the gameplay, and the balancing of the difficulty level. In addition, the energy transition at the neighborhood level appeared to be a suitable topic for a serious game. During the development process, the serious game was already used for citizen participation, involving about 120 participants in 15 workshops.

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Mathias Lanezki; Catharina Siemer; Steffen Wehkamp. “Changing the Game–Neighbourhood”: An Energy Transition Board Game, Developed in a Co-Design Process: A Case Study. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10509 .

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Mathias Lanezki, Catharina Siemer, Steffen Wehkamp. “Changing the Game–Neighbourhood”: An Energy Transition Board Game, Developed in a Co-Design Process: A Case Study. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10509.

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Mathias Lanezki; Catharina Siemer; Steffen Wehkamp. 2020. "“Changing the Game–Neighbourhood”: An Energy Transition Board Game, Developed in a Co-Design Process: A Case Study." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10509.

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Published: 09 June 2020 in Energies
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The change from a centralized to a decentralized energy supply creates new challenges in the planning of such energy supply concepts. Specialized planning tools that can cope with the complex requirements and multi-layered boundary conditions of local energy use are therefore needed. Existing methods need to be further developed and optimized to suit the complex stakeholder structures encountered in innovative district projects, as well as for research purposes. This paper presents selected aspects and challenges in the development of an application-oriented planning tool. Using a North German district as a case study, the usability of a Building Information Model as an aggregated data platform is tested in the context of a residential energy district planning process. In addition, the modeling of heating grids using a combination of Geographic Information System and open source thermodynamic tools is presented. Economic valuation methods are examined to determine the extent to which the value of flexibility and access to local flexibility markets can be taken into account. Finally, an approach for evaluating the ecological aspects of the district energy supply is presented, based on the dynamic assessment of imported and exported energy quantities.

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Steffen Wehkamp; Lucas Schmeling; Lena Vorspel; Fabian Roelcke; Kai-Lukas Windmeier. District Energy Systems: Challenges and New Tools for Planning and Evaluation. Energies 2020, 13, 2967 .

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Steffen Wehkamp, Lucas Schmeling, Lena Vorspel, Fabian Roelcke, Kai-Lukas Windmeier. District Energy Systems: Challenges and New Tools for Planning and Evaluation. Energies. 2020; 13 (11):2967.

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Steffen Wehkamp; Lucas Schmeling; Lena Vorspel; Fabian Roelcke; Kai-Lukas Windmeier. 2020. "District Energy Systems: Challenges and New Tools for Planning and Evaluation." Energies 13, no. 11: 2967.

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Published: 23 January 2020 in Energies
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The planning and decision-making for a distributed energy supply concept in complex actor structures like in districts calls for the approach to be highly structured. Here, a strategy with strong use of energetic simulations is developed, the core elements are presented, and research gaps are identified. The exemplary implementation is shown using the case study of a new district on the former Oldenburg airbase in northwestern Germany. The process is divided into four consecutive phases, which are carried out with different stakeholder participation and use of different simulation tools. Based on a common objective, a superstructure of the applicable technologies is developed. Detailed planning is then carried out with the help of a multi-objective optimal sizing algorithm and Monte Carlo based risk assessment. The process ends with the operating phase, which is to guarantee a further optimal and dynamic mode of operation. The main objective of this publication is to present the core elements of the planning processes and decision-making framework based on the case study and to find and identify research gaps that will have to be addressed in the future.

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Lucas Schmeling; Patrik Schönfeldt; Peter Klement; Steffen Wehkamp; Benedikt Hanke; Carsten Agert. Development of a Decision-Making Framework for Distributed Energy Systems in a German District. Energies 2020, 13, 552 .

AMA Style

Lucas Schmeling, Patrik Schönfeldt, Peter Klement, Steffen Wehkamp, Benedikt Hanke, Carsten Agert. Development of a Decision-Making Framework for Distributed Energy Systems in a German District. Energies. 2020; 13 (3):552.

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Lucas Schmeling; Patrik Schönfeldt; Peter Klement; Steffen Wehkamp; Benedikt Hanke; Carsten Agert. 2020. "Development of a Decision-Making Framework for Distributed Energy Systems in a German District." Energies 13, no. 3: 552.