Print Email Facebook Twitter Exploring and Closing the Attitude-Behaviour Gap in Residential Energy Consumption Title Exploring and Closing the Attitude-Behaviour Gap in Residential Energy Consumption Author Stoopman, Sam (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management) Contributor Filatova, T. (mentor) Chappin, E.J.L. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM) Date 2022-11-29 Abstract What exactly causes the emergence of the attitude-behaviour gap, and to what extent, is not fully understood. Previous academic research has shown that many barriers to adoption remain, and that difficulty lies in the heterogeneity of consumers. Through the use of a simulation model this thesis explores the emergence of the attitude-behaviour gap by analyzing the decision-making behaviour of heterogenous Dutch households, parametrized by real-world survey data. Ultimately, to close the gap by lowering the barriers to adoption with policy interventions. An agent-based simulation model (ABM) has been developed to address the main research question: To which extent can different psychological factors influence the emergence of the attitude-behaviour gap in household energy consumption, and what policy interventions can be employed to close the gap? Subject energy-efficient technologiesattitude-behaviour gapagent-based modellingtheory of planned behaviourhousehold energy consumption To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0c735b06-1eec-46b7-b131-0ce2a77d8994 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2022 Sam Stoopman Files PDF Thesis_Sam_15_11.pdf 2.59 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0c735b06-1eec-46b7-b131-0ce2a77d8994/datastream/OBJ/view