Bit of energy

We have to become more efficient in saving energy to protect our environment. To do so we have to become aware of our personal energy consumption within our households, which will make us feel more responsible for your our energy usage.

Current solutions like the smart energy meter do not have the aimed effect. We expect this is caused by 3 factors. The first reason is that energy is an unreliable value, which is difficult to grasp and therefore doesn’t put people into action. Also the energy values provided, only show the overall consumption, which is to general in order to make clear personal plans to save energy. Finally habitual change becomes more difficult as people become older.  

Children have the ability to change their behaviour. When you make them the expert of the energy consumption in the household, the behaviour of the whole family can be adapted. The kids will get ‘crocky’ a tangible power clamp in the form of a crocodile. Crocky comes to life in a digital game. Specific personalised assignment in the game teach the children about energy to make them the energy expert. At the same time they will create a dataset that gives their parent specific insights in the energy consumption of their household appliances. This makes the problem of energy consumption more feasible for the whole family, and encourage them to save energy. We expect that by this process the feeling of responsibility for your person consumption will increase.