Plan It Green (Windows)

In PLAN IT GREEN, you're the mayor of Greenville and your job is to increase energy credits by designing green buildings and communities using four types of structures: residential, parks and recreation, commercial, and facilities such as power plants. As you work through each scenario you unlock bigger, more elaborate ways to save on energy costs, reduce pollution, and make your district as environmentally friendly as possible.

Like most building sims, you're required to meet certain goals in each level, such as build an eco-friendly home and outfit existing structures with solar panels, a garden, or other upgrades. You'll also need to keep the district happy and keep cash flowing, so there's a little bit of juggling of resources in order to complete the missions. Mostly, the game is quick-moving and easy.

Plan It Green is a nice looking, accessible game that does it's part in raising awareness; players will be exposed to the concepts of wind farms, smart grids, hydro plants, as well as a few of the complexities of city planning. If you're looking for groundbreaking gameplay or in-depth analyis of environmental issues, this isn't the game. And that's a good thing, because the familiar style of play and absence of preachy and teachy tone make Plan It Green a nice experience.