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ENGAGING CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION: ECOCRAFT AS DIGITAL TWIN

JAAP BOTER SPATIAL INFORMATION LABORATORY VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM

‹#› Het begint met een idee DIGITAL TWINS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

• Big data can be really valuable to target specific issues • But: policy making often involves competing issues/trade-offs

How can we visualize the available public data to: . Provide one common operational picture . Involve all stakeholders, particularly citizens and children

Digital twin: interactive 3D representation of reality to visualise, but also to design and interact with (‘what if’)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Data Amsterdam South East

• AHN3 • BGT - Water 187.000 m2 - Green space 4.600.000 m2 - Built-up 1.900.000 m2 - Infrastructure 2.800.000 m2 - Buildings x 8.579 - Trees x 24.261 - Street lights x 9.433

3D canvas of Amsterdam SE Based on Open Data from the Basic Registries 3D CANVAS AS FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING CAN WE GIVE CHILDREN THEIR OWN VERSION?

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam WHAT IS MINECRAFT?

• Online “Lego-like” world • In which children can build together • With many different building blocks (stone, glass, doors, roofs, et cetera) • (And you can setup your own server if you like)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam WHAT IS MINECRAFT? FROM MINECRAFT TO DIGITAL TWIN

Collect data Prepare data Convert data ● Elevation ● ArcGIS/QGI ● Python ● Pointclouds S ● pymclevel ● Land use ● FME ● Buildings ● PostGIS ● Geoserver Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam WHAT IS ECOCRAFT?

• Energy transition: big challenge • In the EU the built environment is 40% of energy consumption • Changes require broad stakeholder support, including children

But how to involve children? What if we: • Explain to children how sustainable energy works (lesson plans) • And ask them to design a greener city using this game-like digital twin? Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam TWO EXPERIMENTS: WARSAW VS AMSTERDAM

Warsaw Amsterdam • Competition with judges and prizes • In-class lesson plan and assignment • Open enrolment, outside school • Mandatory, different school levels • ‘Design your dream district’ • ‘Find the best energy solutions’ • Instruction energy transition • Plugin with real feedback per house(!) • Big ‘open day’ as finale, with • Team solutions aggregated to maps presentations to citizens, family, etc for policy makers and experts

Focus on Engagement Focus on Consultation

WARSAW

Team “Best Architekci” from elementary school nr 30; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HuIElm5zrI WARSAW

“Team 1” from elementary school nr 50; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm-_LfEHrkI WARSAW WARSAW WARSAW OUTPUT: OPEN DAY WARSAW OUTPUT: NEWS AMSTERDAM Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM OUTPUT: MAPS AND NUMBERS

Investment Reduction in Electricity Reduction Payback cost (€) gas production in CO2 period consumption (kWh) emission (years) (m3) (kg CO2-eq) Solar panels 6,512,100 - 6,423,219 3,211,609 5.3 All insulation 81,908,719 8,878,861 - 17,580,145 15.3 All technologies 88,420,819 8,878,861 6,423,219 20,791,754 12.6 AMSTERDAM OUTPUT: MAPS AND NUMBERS

Indicator Mean St. Dev. Min. Max. Number of solar panels 1,400 1,570 38 7,612 Buildings with solar panels 62 63 6 270 Average number of solar panels per building 28 30 2 143 Buildings insulated 71 87 0 344 Buildings addressed 132 135 8 521

% buildings addressed with solar panels 47 27 19 100 % buildings addressed with insulation 53 27 0 81 GAME+DIGITAL TWIN: EFFECTIVE MODEL?

Conditions & Context Game Digital Twin Requirements

GAME+DIGITAL TWIN: LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION

Participation level Possible game elements Possible features digital twin Awareness Rewards and punishment Visualisation of the issue Engagement Competition Realism/familiarity Consultation Field trip Interaction Partnership, Power & Control Community Reporting, dashboard Manipulation, etc Rules Impression management ECOCRAFT AS PARTICIPATION TOOL: TAKE-AWAYS

• Key question: focus on fact (‘cognition’) or fun (‘affect’)? • Is children’s participation focused on heads or hearts? • What is the level of participation sought?

+ Children need staged instruction and limited area + Show they are heard (feedback, implementation) + Involving other stakeholders along the way + Available data, IT support, setting (school, other settings)

ENGAGING CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION: ECOCRAFT AS DIGITAL TWIN

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‹#› Het begint met een idee