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It is interesting, however, that all students preferred working with the 3d visualisation method, irrespective of their degree of attainment, which also agrees with previous studies. This suggests that there are potentially significant benefits in visualising large datasets from buildings in creative and innovative ways, enabling non-specialists to engage with them more easily. If the aspiration of POE studies becoming a standard part of the building process is going to be realised, its outputs should be easily communicable and comprehensible by all stakeholders, and not just the domain of specialist practitioners. Our overarching objective is to examine whether 3d visualization improves the quality of decisions that influence environmental properties of buildings. In future work we aim to examine the effects of gamification when some methodologies from behavioural disciplines such as experimental economics are introduced. In particular, offering financial incentives for good performance could increase cognitive effort and improve commitment to the game. Furthermore, ensuring a sufficient power of the experimental design by increasing the sample sizes will allow for formal statistical analysis. Informing educated consumer choice with regard to sustainable housing should be a key component to policies aimed at promoting the mass consumption of affordable sustainable homes. POE data capture environmental properties that can be used for informing the choice of decision-makers, including consumers. References BORDASS, B., 2004, ‘Energy Performance of Non-Domestic Buildings: Closing the Credibility Gap’, In Proceedings of the 2004 Improving Energy Efficiency of Commercial Buildings Conference, Frankfurt, Germany. BORDASS, B., and LEAMAN, A., 2005, ‘Making feedback and post-occupancy evaluation routine 1: A portfolio of feedback techniques.’ Building Research & Information, 33(4), pp. 347-352. BOURGEOIS, D., REINHART, C., and MACDONALD, I., 2006. ‘Adding Advanced Behavioural Models in Whole Building Energy Simulation: A Study on the Total Energy Impact of Manual and Automated Lighting Control’. Energy and Buildings 38, pp. 814–823. COHEN, I., TURRIN, M., HEINZELMANN, F., and WELZNER, I., 2013, ‘The Human Factor–Introducing Game Mechanics to Computerized Home Automation Systems.’ In Proceedings of eCAADe 2013, Delft, The Netherlands. DE WILDE, P., and TIAN, W., 2009. ‘Identification of key factors for uncertainty in the prediction of the thermal performance of an office building under climate change.’ Building Simulation 2, pp. 157–174. GILL, Z.M., TIERNEY, M.J., PEGG, I.M., and ALLAN, N., 2010, ‘Low-energy dwellings: the contribution of behaviours to actual performance.’ Building Research & Information 38, pp. 491–508. GUSTAFSSON, A., KATZEFF, C., and BANG, M., 2009, ‘Evaluation of a pervasive game for domestic energy engagement among teenagers.’ Computers in Entertainment (CIE), 7(4), pp.54:1-54:19. HAMARI, J., KOIVISTO, J., and SARSA, H., 2014, ‘Does gamification work?--a literature review of empirical studies on gamification.’ In 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, USA. HUANG, W., EADES, P. and HONG, S.H., 2009, ‘Measuring effectiveness of graph visualisations: A cognitive load perspective,’ Information Visualisation 8(3), pp. 139–152. HSIN-YUAN HUANG, W., and SOMAN, D., 2013, A Practitioner’s Guide to Gamification of Education. Research Report Series Behavioural Economics in Action. retrieved on July 14, 2015. KAPP, K. M., 2012, The gamification of learning and instruction: game-based methods and strategies for training and education. John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco, USA. LUCON O., D. ÜRGE-VORSATZ, A. ZAIN AHMED, H. AKBARI, P. BERTOLDI, L.F. CABEZA, N. EYRE, A. GADGIL, L.D.D. HARVEY, Y. JIANG, E. LIPHOTO, S. MIRASGEDIS, S. MURAKAMI, J. PARIKH, C. PYKE, AND M.V. VILARIÑO, 2014: ‘Buildings.’ In: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment 680 ZEMCH 2015 | International Conference | Bari - Lecce, Italy