A serious game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure
entertainment. It is an educational tool that uses game
mechanics to achieve the intended learning. It relies upon the combination
of virtual and real activities (working in teams and presenting orally).

Our Serious Game simulates a real situation in a
simplified but realistic way. This allows players to “live” the situation and
apply the MBENEFITS concepts and methodology directly, in teams, in a fun
and unconstrained way. By playing the game in a virtualenvironment, players
can deal with complex problems, make mistakes and learn by doing.

Goals and spirit of the game

The objectives of the Serious Game are to enable participants to:

• 1) Understand the importance of the non-energy benefits approach in
  making energy and decarbonization projects attractive to senior
  management.
• 2) Identify, evaluate and communicate these benefits using the
  MBENEFITS methodology.

Everywhere and for everyone

The MBENEFITS Serious Game can be used for
training purposes in our face-to-face or virtual workshops, or on its own.
The mechanisms and interfaces have been developed with a view to
future use in different countries and by players from different
corporate environments.

The MBENEFITS Serious Game has been successfully played in classrooms
and virtual sessions in several EU countries, Switzerland and the USA over
the past four years, to the delight of hundreds of attendees.

A real life case study

The game is based on information provided by a real industrial company on
condition of anonymity. The University of Lausanne (UNIL) provided the
serious game script and the documents given to the player during the game,
a description of the company, its managers, its business model and
management systems, and the game stages.
The School of Engineering and Management of the Canton of Vaud worked
together with UNIL to integrate the content of the serious game and the
gamification.

What players say

Price and conditions

Please contact us for more information on MBENEFITS workshop pricing and
practical details:

catherine.cooremans@ipso-facto.ch