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Transition to Smart Grids: A Psychological Perspective

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A transition to smart grids requires a wide range of changes in household energy behaviour. In this chapter we discuss four key issues important for understanding and promoting behaviour in smart grids. First, we need to identify which behaviour needs to be changed. A transition to smart grids involves changes in a wide range of energy behaviours, including the adoption of sustainable energy resources, energy-efficient technologies, and automated control technology; investments in energy efficiency measures in buildings such as insulation; and user behaviour. Second, we need to know which factors influence behaviour in smart grids. We discuss the role of motivations and contextual factors. Third, it is important to test effects of interventions aimed to promote smart energy behaviours. Interventions can be aimed at changing the actual costs and benefits of behaviour, or at changing people’s perceptions and evaluations of different costs and benefits of behavioural options. Fourth, we need to understand which factors influence the acceptability of energy policies and energy systems changes aimed to promote smart grids. In this chapter we address important findings from psychological studies on these topics.

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van der Werff, E., Perlaviciute, G., Steg, L. (2016). Transition to Smart Grids: A Psychological Perspective. In: Beaulieu, A., de Wilde, J., Scherpen, J. (eds) Smart Grids from a Global Perspective. Power Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28077-6_4

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