The centerpiece of Future Energy Chicago is an interactive Simulation Lab challenging teams to reimagine and reinvent Chicago’s energy landscape. Trading off in a collaborative series of mini-games, teams work to maximize their energy efficiency while managing the trade-offs of their choices.

Using real-world information and data from across the subjects it covers, the Simulation Lab is grounded in the ways energy works in our lives, and is updated to reflect current prices and conditions. Watch the score updates after each round: with enough total energy savings, together the teams might just beat the final high score.