Bridging the Attitude-Behaviour Gap in Household Energy Consumption

Yilin Huang; Martijn Warnier

doi:10.1109/ISGTEurope.2019.8905660

Bridging the Attitude-Behaviour Gap in Household Energy Consumption

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Abstract

The attitude-behaviour gap in energy consumption refers to the imparity between people's environmental values (and attitudes) and their actual behavior in consumption. This paper calls for the facilitation of the behaviour change process that is implementable in the context of one's everyday life to address the attitude-behaviour gap in household energy consumption. Two interrelated intervention design constructs are proposed based on the results of literature review, namely (1) providing consumers accurate information about actionable suggestions in the specific context of their everyday life, and (2) fostering consumers' motivation to engage in the behavior change process towards energy conservation. Smart Grid technologies are instrumental in both intervention types.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538682180
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2019.8905660
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019: New Businesses for Energy Transition - Bucharest, Romania Duration: 29 Sept 2019 → 2 Oct 2019

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Name	Proceedings of 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019

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Conference	2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019
Abbreviated title	ISGT-Europe
Country/Territory	Romania
City	Bucharest
Period	29/09/19 → 2/10/19

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Huang, Y & Warnier, M 2019, Bridging the Attitude-Behaviour Gap in Household Energy Consumption. in Proceedings of 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019., 8905660, Proceedings of 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019, IEEE, 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019, Bucharest, Romania, 29/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2019.8905660

Bridging the Attitude-Behaviour Gap in Household Energy Consumption. / Huang, Yilin ; Warnier, Martijn.
Proceedings of 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019. IEEE, 2019. 8905660 (Proceedings of 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019).

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