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Where Should We Place It? The Potential of a Serious Planning Game Approach for Participatory Planning Processes in the Context of Renewable Energy Development

Game-based approaches are promising tools for enabling participation and collaboration in the expansion of renewable energy. The main advantage is that complex social-economical, technical or ecological interdependencies can be integrated as part of the game-logic to illustrate a broad range of impacts and synergies for different scenarios. Many of these approaches are paper-based although computers can support these decision-making processes by providing more comprehensive game logics, visualisations, calculations and real-time indicators (e. g., biodiversity measures, viewsheds, etc.). This article presents a computer-supported planning game for discussing the impacts of agrivoltaics (AV) at local level by collaborative development of different energy scenarios using a game-based approach. Results indicate that the provision of real-time indicators allow an objective discussion of different trade-offs. However, it is important for group work that the computer inputs do not interfere with the process, which is what we want to achieve with the development of a new human-machine interface.

Autor / Author: Schauppenlehner, Thomas; Baumgartinger-Seiringer, Mathias; Bittner, Karl
Institution / Institution: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences; Vienna/Austria; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences; Vienna/Austria; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences; Vienna/Austria
Seitenzahl / Pages: 8
Sprache / Language: Englisch
Veröffentlichung / Publication: JoDLA – Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 9-2024
Tagung / Conference: Digital Landscape Architecture 2024 – New Trajectories in Computational Urban Landscapes and Ecology
Veranstaltungsort, -datum / Venue, Date: Vienna University of Technology, Austria 05-06-24 - 07-06-24
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Keywords (en): Serious games, 3d visualisation, renewable energy, participation
Paper review type: Full Paper Review
DOI: doi:10.14627/537752035
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