City Builders Energy
A city-building game on energy efficiency
A WASA Games project. Done with the support of Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources Naturelles du Québec (previously Transition Énergétique Québec). From January 2020 to June 2021, then from January to December 2022
Objective
Raise awareness about energy efficiency in urban settings and encourage behavioural changes.
Mandate
Design and production of 1 analog educational game (2020-2021)
Facilitation of workshops with teenagers between 12-17 years old, in high schools across the province of Québec. (2020-2021 and 2022)
Development and distribution of a toolkit “ready-to-play” for teachers. Distribution of license. (2022)
Impact
1 game
1 license for high school teachers
28 workshops (2020-2021) in Montréal, Brossard, Saint-Hyacinthe, Laval, Lévis and Québec
32 workshops (2022) across Montréal, Québec, and Saguenay
755 participants (2020-2021)
900 participants (2022)
“Being responsable of a neighbourhood 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’ neighbourhoods 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