Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 14, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en14082036
Keywords
technology acceptance; smart home; technology adoption; residential demand response; flexibility; (non)-economic incentives; energy consumption behavior; behavioral change; COVID-19 pandemic; living lab
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- German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) [03SIN123]
- Helmholtz Association Energy System Design [37.06.03]
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This study evaluates the impact of economic and non-economic incentives on demand response in private households through experiments and surveys. The results show that tenants responded positively to calls to action, without significant differences between economic and non-economic incentives. High values and self-efficacy may play important roles in tenants' responsive behaviors.
This study assesses the impact of economic and non-economic incentives to induce demand response in private households. The experiment was realized by a three-months residential phase in which two tenants lived in the Energy Smart Home Lab, an experimental lab with the equipment of a modern smart home. The tenants received calls to action (CtAs) on a regular basis, incentivized economically or by moral nudges with a social or environmental background. A mixed-methods approach, consisting of smart meter data analysis, a value scale assessment, surveys and interviews, assessed the tenants' reactions on their energy consumption behavior towards the CtAs. The smart meter data shows that the tenants performed the majority of CtAs, revealing no significant difference between economic or non-economic incentives. Results from the value scale, the interviews and the surveys indicate that this behavior might be due to the tenants' high tendency towards biospheric and altruistic values and a high self-efficacy. Furthermore, the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 100% home-office situation, suggesting a higher flexibility of the tenants. Although the results are not representative and need further experiments to be confirmed, the incentives show a promising potential to evoke residential demand response.
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