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Lights Off. Game On. The 2012 HPU Kukui Cup

Josh Prigge Katie Scott Greg Schuster Sara Cobble MingXia He. Collaborative Software Development Lab Information and Computer Sciences University of Hawai’i at Manoa http://kukuicup.manoa.hawaii.edu kukuicup@hawaii.edu. Lights Off. Game On. The 2012 HPU Kukui Cup. The Real World.

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Lights Off. Game On. The 2012 HPU Kukui Cup

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  1. Josh Prigge Katie Scott Greg Schuster Sara Cobble MingXia He Collaborative Software Development Lab Information and Computer Sciences University of Hawai’i at Manoa http://kukuicup.manoa.hawaii.edu kukuicup@hawaii.edu Lights Off. Game On.The 2012 HPU Kukui Cup The Real World Motivation and Approach The Virtual World Online environment supporting education & competition • State of Hawai’i Clean Energy Initiative • 70% clean energy by 2030 • 30% from conservation • Improve energy-use behavior • How to support sustained conservation? • How to improve energy literacy? • Kukui Cup: combines competition with energy literacy • Individual & group competition • Hawai’i-specific literacy content • Real-time energy feedback • Both real world and virtual activities • Evaluated in university student housing • 3 week competition • 190 residents Go Low page Auditing energy use • How much power does my stuff use? • Developing energy intuition • Real-time power • Energy scoreboard • Energy goalvisualization • “Wall” for player discussion Changing energy behaviors • Turning off lights • Turning off fans when not in use • Configuring laptop sleep settings Playing the Kukui Cup • Energy competition • Metered by each individual residence hall (6 halls) • Which hall can use the least energy? • Data sampled every 15 seconds • Energy Goal Game • Energy conservation goal set (5%) • If daily goal is met, lounge players get points • Links energy & point competitions • Point competition • Who can learn the most about energy? • Earn points by learning about energy • Watch short educational videos (10 available) • Make public commitments (21 possible) • Attend events & excursions (4 available) • 52 other activities • Earned by individuals, aggregated by hall • Other ways to earn points • Social bonus for completing activities with others • Referral bonus for getting others to play • Creative activities: writing poems, painting & more • Raffle Game: motivating non-elite players • Every 25 points earns virtual raffle ticket • Dynamically assign tickets to prizes • Anyone has chance of winning Get Nutz page Photo by Colin Harris, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Workshops • Smart Grid Game • Earn points by completing activities • Point scoreboard • List of upcoming events • Energy-themed flash-mob • Energy scavenger hunt Excursions Prizes page • Beach cleanups • Prizes for top players • Prizes for top lounges • Raffle game: chance for anyone to win Early Results from 2012 Kukui Cups at HPU, UH, and EWC Grand Prize Winner – Kindle Fire Home Page Support •Hawaii Pacific University Office of Academic Affairs • Hawaii Pacific University Residence Life •Hawaii Energy •National Science Foundation grant IIS-1017126 • University of Hawai’i Dept. of Information and Computer Sciences Poster presented at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) 2012 Conference, Los Angeles, CA

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