Saving energy in an office environment: A serious game intervention

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-52

  Orland, Brian ^a   Ram, Nilam ^a   Lang, Dean ^a   Houser, Kevin ^b   Kling, Nate ^a   Coccia, Michael ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intervention; Energy feedback; Energy savings; Office; Plug load; Serious games; Virtual pet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894231098     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.01.036     Document Type: Article

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