Course: REEC 120 Sustainability and Renewable Energy

Energy Simulations

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Credits
This exercise was created and developed by Ken Walz for his Renewable Energy for International Development at Madison Area Technical College. Used with permission.

For the Unit 3 Exercise, “Energy Simulations,” you will submit a paper reflecting on the ideas of managing energy and energy technologies.

In your paper, include the following:
- Write a short paragraph reflecting on your experience managing the energy budget for your ElectroCity. What strategy did you adopt for development of your city? How did this affect your scores for the various areas? Did you find any aspects of the game to be particularly challenging, or surprising?
- Write another short paragraph reflecting on your experience managing the greenhouse gas emissions for the European Union. Were you able to meet the goal of controlling greenhouse gas emissions by 2100? (I failed a few times trying to get things to work or I screwed the planet royally.) What challenges did you observe?
- Did you learn anything interesting about any of the energy technologies that you used during the two simulations? Were there factors (pros or cons) that you had not previously considered or been aware of?
- Of the various greenhouse gas control measures that you used in the Climate Challenge game, if you could implement THREE of these immediately in the United States which would they be? Explain your choices in a few sentences.

To prepare for this paper you will play two online games. The first is presented on the next page; the second one is on the following page.