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Speeding Up Energy Transitions: Gaming Towards Sustainability in the Dutch Built Environment

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The built environment accounts for a significant proportion of energy consumption in the Netherlands and elsewhere. It is estimated to be responsible for 33 % of national greenhouse gas emissions. This substantial proportion makes it an essential sector to address in the sustainable transitions agenda. In the Netherlands, it is apparent that the energy transition of the built environment with the current policies is much slower than required given the urgency of the foreseeable problems and the substantive system delays. Hence, there seems to be a need for experimentation with innovative policy instruments, governance mechanisms, and systemic conditions to fill the gaps in understanding. In this context, this chapter explores the use of games for understanding why there is so much inertia in the transition process. To arrive at some conclusions the authors develop a System Dynamics Model-Based experimental game, for hypothesis-testing purposes. Results of the game are provided and the chapter concludes with exploring possible future research.

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  1. Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, 5015, 2600, GA, Delft, The Netherlands

    Iman Mohammed & Erik Pruyt

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  1. Engineering Mngmt & Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Adrian V. Gheorghe

  2. Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Joint Research Center, Petten, The Netherlands

    Marcelo Masera

  3. Engineering Management and Systems Eng., Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Polinpapilinho F. Katina

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Mohammed, I., Pruyt, E. (2014). Speeding Up Energy Transitions: Gaming Towards Sustainability in the Dutch Built Environment. In: Gheorghe, A., Masera, M., Katina, P. (eds) Infranomics. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02493-6_15

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