scholarly journals A Gamification Framework for Energy Conservation and Customer Engagement in Smart Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 3614-3624
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Strategy Game ◽  
Game Context ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Use Of Internet

The advancements in technology and the increased use of internet, digital business models and Internet of things (IoT) have paved a way for sustainable and inclusive cities that provide their citizens a clean and sustainable environment. Smart solutions of the smart cities focus on making the life of its citizens comfortable but they fail to make their everyday activities motivated in becoming sustainable. This paper proposes a gamification framework that aims to facilitate energy conservation and customer engagement in smart cities. By using game in a non-game context such as in this gamification framework, helps in keeping the fun element of the game intact while achieving the specified learning objective of energy efficiency. The proposed application aims at identifying energy wastages and motivates behavioral changes of the player combining team play, virtual rewards and life simulation. The paper explains various concepts of gamification and differentiates it from game-based learning. It proposes the gamification strategy, game mechanics drivers and motivators, game engine, game architecture, financial rewards and a detailed set of rules for the proposed gamification application. The application targets at promoting awareness and involvement of the players in managing their own resources, choices and behavior for a sustainable development. The paper aims at motivating the citizens and changing their behavior in a desired way.

scholarly journals IoT-Based Smart Plug for Residential Energy Conservation: An Empirical Study Based on 15 Months’ Monitoring

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 4035
Author(s):  
Jooseok Oh
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Energy Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
And Behavior

The study examines the implications of educating prosumers regarding Internet of Things (IoT) use and monitoring to reduce power consumption in the home and encourage energy conservation, sustainable living, and behavior change. Over 15 months, 125 households and household owners received training regarding IoT plug equipment, usage monitoring, and energy reduction. A face to face survey was then conducted regarding power consumption reductions, frequency of monitoring, and user satisfaction compared to the previous year. The study found that participating households used around 5% less energy compared to average households. The reduction rate was found to have increased when more appliances were connected to smart plugs and their power usage was monitored more frequently. Power usage also fell in a greater level when participants were more satisfied with being given smart plugs and related education. Moreover, energy reduction rates increase when smart plugs were used for cooling and heating appliances as well as video, audio, and related devices. The results suggest that this program can be used to reduce energy use, which can be beneficial for smart homes and smart cities. The study demonstrates the importance of education from the perspective of energy conservation and related policies.

scholarly journals Challenges for adopting and implementing IoT in smart cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1589-1616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijn Janssen ◽  
Sunil Luthra ◽  
Sachin Mangla ◽  
Nripendra P. Rana ◽  
Yogesh K. Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Contextual Interactions ◽  
Use Of Internet ◽  
Power And Dependence

Purpose The wider use of Internet of Things (IoT) makes it possible to create smart cities. The purpose of this paper is to identify key IoT challenges and understand the relationship between these challenges to support the development of smart cities. Design/methodology/approach Challenges were identified using literature review, and prioritised and elaborated by experts. The contextual interactions between the identified challenges and their importance were determined using Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM). To interrelate the identified challenges and promote IoT in the context of smart cities, the dynamics of interactions of these challenges were analysed using an integrated Matrice d’Impacts Croisés Multiplication Appliqués à un Classement (MICMAC)-ISM approach. MICMAC is a structured approach to categorise variables according to their driving power and dependence. Findings Security and privacy, business models, data quality, scalability, complexity and governance were found to have strong driving power and so are key challenges to be addressed in sustainable cities projects. The main driving challenges are complexity and lack of IoT governance. IoT adoption and implementation should therefore focus on breaking down complexity in manageable parts, supported by a governance structure. Practical implications This research can help smart city developers in addressing challenges in a phase-wise approach by first ensuring solid foundations and thereafter developing other aspects. Originality/value A contribution originates from the integrated MICMAC-ISM approach. ISM is a technique used to identify contextual relationships among definite elements, whereas MICMAC facilitates the classification of challenges based on their driving and dependence power. The other contribution originates from creating an overview of challenges and theorising the contextual relationships and dependencies among the challenges.

User-Centered Gamification

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-39
Author(s):  
Dimosthenis Kotsopoulos ◽  
Cleopatra Bardaki ◽  
Thanasis G. Papaioannou ◽  
Katerina Pramatari ◽  
George D. Stamoulis
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Powerful Means ◽  
Game Context ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Employee Needs ◽  
Context Characteristics

Gamification is a contemporary powerful means of affecting human behavior. However, its effectiveness relies on both the users' profiles and non-game context characteristics. This article focused on designing gamified interventions guided by the users' profiles and the application context, towards increasing the potential for user engagement and behavior change. The authors apply a structured process while designing a serious game for energy conservation in three workplaces. First employee needs for self-actualisation, self-regulation, rewards and recognition, and affiliation are identified as the most prominent motivations to participate in gamification at work. Then their relationships with employee game element preferences and energy-saving behaviors are explored. Additionally, a mechanism producing personalized messages, which can be integrated with the gamified intervention, is proposed. Overall, this research can be useful to future researchers and practitioners that aspire to design successful user-oriented gamified interventions at work as well as different non-game contexts.

A systematic review of the smart energy conservation system: From smart homes to sustainable smart cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 110755
Author(s):  
Hakpyeong Kim ◽  
Heeju Choi ◽  
Hyuna Kang ◽  
Jongbaek An ◽  
Seungkeun Yeom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Homes

scholarly journals Smart Cities for Sustainable Development in India: Opportunities and Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaidehi Daptardar ◽  
Manasi Gore
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Efficient Resource ◽  
Development Goals

The concept of Sustainable development underlines the long lasting development of an economy by an efficient resource use fulfilling the economic, social and environmental aspects together. The SDGs by the UNDP focus  on 17 goals for all countries to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.The mission of Smart Cities in India is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‘Smart’ Solutions. The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development of the Mega cities, an indispensable outcome of the development process and urbanization implied in it. During the course of economic development over last 70 years in India, many cities have emerged as unsustainable and highly vulnerable to manmade calamities.This paper would elaborate on the details of Smart city project in India in the light of Sustainable development. The Smart cities mission though aims at sustainable development, this path is full of challenges along with some opportunities in disguise. The paper would suggest some policy implications such as developing smart villages along with these smart cities to bridge the gap between the rural and urban India.   Keywords: Smart city mission, Sustainable development, Smart villages, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

scholarly journals Evaluation of business models of urban IoT-applications for a medium sized city

2020 ◽  
Vol 338 ◽  
pp. 393-403
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Fischer ◽  
Birgit Schenk
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Public ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Evaluation Scheme ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
German City ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Digitalization of the public sector is being driven by a number of factors. In particular, the concept of "Smart Cities" has become an important driver of this development. This relies heavily on an intelligent infrastructure including the Internet of Things (IoT). But does it make sense for small and medium-sized municipalities to develop this? Is it justified to invest in IoT? (How) can a mediumsized city benefit from it? This paper presents the application of an evaluation scheme for business models of urban IoT applications to answer these questions. The research question focuses on how best practices of urban IoT applications in general and in particular can be evaluated. In order to establish a concrete practical reference we evaluated ten chosen IoT applications for the German city of Herrenberg.

scholarly journals Innovative Business Models for Smart Cities – A Systematic

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12S2) ◽  
pp. 375-379 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Personal Satisfaction ◽  
Economic Risk ◽  
Urban Regions ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Town Development ◽  
Suitable Arrangement

urban areas are the cars of development for a country. Savvy advances can help cope with the metropolis problems and enhance personal satisfaction, economic risk, and liveability for residents. urban regions income via a straightforward diagram of nice exercise solutions for turn out to be greater clever and from distinguishing most suitable arrangement suppliers. agencies that make metropolis areas more astute income thru getting step by step unmistakable to metropolis areas spherical the sector with their recently created or tested arrangements. innovative plans of movement help quicken the reception of savvy advances. exceptional subsidizing structures were utilized by city areas to create sensible town ventures. anyhow, it has been uncovered that the writing does not provide enough contemplations on these thoughts. This paper offers a recognise-a way to the concept of creative plans of motion and the appropriation of those in shrewd urban corporations. in addition the paper propels the comprehension at the advancing plans of movement and city acquisition tactics that might be utilized to quicken savvy town development. The paper attempts to cope with the inquiry: What are the problems regarded with the aid of institutions and sensible city areas to build up an powerful creative course of action? city areas have structured very plenty characterised techniques and are growing strategies for eager city. The paper cope with the problems and elements of an resourceful course of action for development of savvy city groups

scholarly journals Smart City as A Tools to Achieve Sustainability City

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Helen Dian Fridayani ◽  
Rifaid Rifaid
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Environment ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Co2 Gas ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Smart Government

Sustainable city is a city that designed by considering the impact on the environment, inhabited by population with a number and behavior that requires minimal support for energy, water and food from the outside, and produces less CO2, gas, air and water pollution. Moreover the national government envisions Indonesia2030which shallimplement the smart city towards sustainable development.Especially in Sleman Regency, the government is committed to make Sleman Regency as a Smart Regency in 2021. It could be shown in the vision of Sleman Regency which is The realization of a more prosperous Sleman community, Independent, Cultured and Integratede-governmentsystem to the Smart Regency in 2021”. This paper would like to analyze how the Sleman Regency implement the Smart city concept, and does the smart city concept can achive the sustainability city. The research uses the qualitative approach with in-deepth interview in examining the data, also the literature review. The result in this study reveals the following: firstly, from 2016-2019 Sleman regency has several applications to support the smart city implementation such as One Data of UMKM, Home Creative Sleman, Lapor Sleman app, Sleman Smart app, online tax app, e-patient, sleman emergency service, and Sleman smart room. Second, there are many elements in smart cities that are very important for smart government, smart life, smart economy, smart society, and smart environment. However, in supporting to support the realization of smart cities, not all aspects must be implemented properly to achieve a managed city, components related to smart environment cannot be implemented properly in Sleman Regency. There are still many problems regarding environmental problems such as the development of the construction of hotels and apartments that do not heed the environment, incrasing the populations, the limitations of green open space.

Learning from socially driven service innovation in emerging economies

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Reynoso ◽  
Jay Kandampully ◽  
Xiucheng Fan ◽  
Hanna Paulose
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Relationships

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into indigenous, solution-based business models and their relevance for inclusive service innovation within specific social contexts in emerging economies, with particular emphasis on the role of culture and technology. Design/methodology/approach – A proposed framework illustrates four factors that nurture socially driven service innovation in emerging economies: solution, inclusion, culture, and technology. Extant literature from studies in India, Latin America, and China illustrates distinct indigenous innovations and service relationships that exist at the base of the pyramid (BoP), which provides a foundation for a better understanding of socially inclusive service innovations. Findings – A conceptual model of inclusive service innovation reflects an integrated, virtuous cycle, composed of service relationships that stem from the BoP at various levels of analysis across different income segments. These findings suggest notable research directions. Practical implications – This study reinforces the importance of a solution orientation as a competitive business model to gain customer engagement. Social implications – Researchers and practitioners in emerging and advanced economies can use the approach suggested by this paper in their efforts to build sustainable business cultures and improve the well-being of society. Originality/value – Previous research has not addressed the social or communal roles of service innovation; this study proposes an innovative switch from a traditional strategy of selling services toward a proactive approach that involves low-income customers as active resources to co-create social and business value.

scholarly journals Sustainable business model for local council’s smart city initiatives: a systematic literature review

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1066
Author(s):  
Ezatul Faizura Mustaffa Kamal Effendee ◽  
Magiswary Dorasamy ◽  
Abdul Aziz Bin Ahmad ◽  
Azrin Aris ◽  
Saida Hargeum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Frugal Innovation ◽  
Online Databases

Background: Malaysia is embarking on sustainable, resilient, and prosperous living conditions initiatives. Malaysian cities are embracing the smart city aspiration through their respective local authorities. However, they face challenges regarding  funding allocation for smart city implementation. Local authorities primarily operate on a conventional business model. Based on their current business model, they are unlikely to sustain their smart city initiatives. A more financially sustainable business model is required by these local authorities to embark on smart city initiatives. This study presents a systematic review concerning the business models adopted by local authorities to implement smart cities. This paper also explores the applicability of frugal innovation towards developing a smart city business model. Methods: This article undertakes a systematic review based on combination sets of eight main keywords: smart city, business model, frugal innovation, local authorities, performance, inclusivity, technology and success factor. The search strategy includes journal articles and conference proceedings from five major online databases: Emerald, ProQuest, Scopus, IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, and Springer Link between 2001-2021. The data is tabulated for clear expression of knowledge gaps. Results: A total of 17 articles from 300 articles on smart city business models matched the search on smart city business models for local authorities . The study revealed that hardly any in-depth research providing the crucial elements for a successful smart city business model for local authorities has been conducted. No research has linked frugal innovation to smart city business models. Conclusions: The study calls upon the research community to explore further, the possible linkage between frugal innovation and smart cities for local authorities.

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