Abstract
In recent years, modern society has been facing more traffic jams, higher fuel prices and an increase in Carbon Dioxide emissions. According to NASA Global Climate Change, the current warming trend is extremely likely (greater than 95% probability) to be the result of human activity since the mid-20th century. Although general awareness in sustainability issues has improved in recent years through mass media coverage, this knowledge is not always translated into actual sustainable practice. The transportation sector consumes more petroleum than any other sector, and that share has increased over time from about 50% in 1950 to about 70% in 2018. In 2016, light-duty vehicles accounted for 58.5% of transportation energy use while medium/heavy-duty trucks and buses accounted for 23.9%. Vehicle miles travelled was seven times higher in 2017 than in 1950. In the transportation sector, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) emphasizes advances in communication and connectivity with breakthroughs in emerging technologies in fields such as fully autonomous vehicles sector. Small to mid-sized cities are not always wealthy enough to adopt these infrastructure changes so sustainable transportation falls on the decision of commuters. This paper shows how gamification can be linked to the components of Industry 4.0 to encourage drivers to drive less aggressively and, thus, more environmentally friendly. The gamification approach is illustrated using a sample of nine college-aged drivers but can be extended to fleet drivers.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 15th WCEAM Proceedings |
| Editors | João Onofre Pinto, Marcio Luiz Kimpara, Renata Rezende Reis, Turuna Seecharan, Belle R. Upadhyaya, Joe Amadi-Echendu |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
| Pages | 69-78 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030967932 |
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| State | Published - 2022 |
| Event | 15th ISEAM flagship World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, WCEAM 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: Aug 15 2021 → Aug 18 2021 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering |
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| ISSN (Print) | 2195-4356 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2195-4364 |
Conference
| Conference | 15th ISEAM flagship World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, WCEAM 2021 |
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| City | Virtual, Online |
| Period | 8/15/21 → 8/18/21 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Robyn Dunmore and Dave Taylor for their efforts in deploying and maintaining the thermistor array under difficult conditions. We thank two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments. We acknowledge the support of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, Grant UOC610 and the logistic support provided by Jack van Berkel, and the University of Canterbury.
Publisher Copyright:
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