The paper explores using emerging technologies like virtual worlds, video games, and social networking to create the SHASPA (Intelligent Shared Spaces) platform. SHASPA integrates physical and virtual environments to improve data visualization and sharing around sustainable development. It brings attributes of shared virtual spaces into the physical world. SHASPA applications so far focus on areas like smart metering and energy management. The paper examines SHASPA's architecture and infrastructure and proposed development roadmap.