Collecting Energy Consumption Habits Data in Developing Countries: A Game Platform Proposal

In this work, we propose a mobile platform to collect data that make possible the prediction of energy consumption in residences in developing countries. The platform consists of a game that can be played individually or by team (i.e. a family) that lives in the same house. From time to time, a person or the members of the family will receive some challenges (i.e. some questions) that must be reached (i.e. answered) in order to collect the energy consumption habits data. By using gamification techniques, the challenges will persuade the person or the members of the family to provide directly or indirectly the energy consumption habits data for each electronic device.