Green Options » "Design Your Dream Home" http://greenoptions.com/tag/design-your-dream-home Posts tagged '"Design Your Dream Home"' Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Building Game Misses the Point http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/01/green-building-game-misses-the-point/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/01/green-building-game-misses-the-point/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:44:10 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/01/green-building-game-misses-the-point/ Design Your Dream Home screen image I recently came across an online game called “Design Your Dream Home” on the Green Is Universal website. I was shocked by what I found and how bad the game really was. I prefer to focus on the positive aspects of green building, but this strikes me as so misguided that I could not let it pass unremarked.

Whoever designed this game has no understanding of real green building in any meaningful sense. Instead of providing any insight or education about green building, the game reduces design of a green house to nothing more than a couple of mouse clicks. “Choose the climate construction materials and energy sources and see how green you can be.” The oversimplification this presents is a huge disservice to visitors to the site who play the game.

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