Publications by Gloria Serra Coch

Photovoltaic panels diffusion in Switzerland: understanding adopters profiles using clustering methods

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Gloria Serra Coch, Maria Anna Hecher, Pablo Francisco Martinez Alcaraz

The adoption of photovoltaic panels (PV) by households is essential to meet residential Swiss energy transition targets. While previous studies have mostly focused on the factors influencing PV adoption by comparing adopters with non-adopters, few have ack ...

2025

Spaces of Interface: Proximity in the Diffusion of Energy Innovations

Gloria Serra Coch

Context. Technical and social innovations are central to the transition to renewable energy systems. Despite the availability of innovative technologies for renewable energy production, management, and e-mobility, their widespread societal adoption remains ...

EPFL2025

Machine-learning to analyze human-building interactions: How do people use mobile solar protections?

Gloria Serra Coch

Buildings significantly impact urban energy consumption. Mobile passive solutions, such as manual solar protections, can mitigate heat gains, but their effectiveness depends on occupants’ decisions. Analyzing occupant adjustments of manual systems is chall ...

2024

Geographic network effects to engage people in the energy transition: The case of PV in Switzerland

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Romano Tobias Wyss, Gloria Serra Coch

With the energy transition and CO2 emissions reduction as a priority on the international policy agenda, governments worldwide are trying to engage the population in investing in renewable energies. In this paper, we study the role of information access an ...

2023

What is the net PV energy production in Switzerland and how can we maximize it?

Gloria Serra Coch, Pablo Francisco Martinez Alcaraz

Maximizing solar energy production in Switzerland is key to meet energy transition goals. Understanding in detail the current situation, and the potential for expansion is important to develop effective strategies. With this study, we want to contribute to ...

2023

Diffusion of energy technologies: the role and dynamics of supply-side information networks

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Romano Tobias Wyss, Gloria Serra Coch, Maria Anna Hecher

The diffusion of energy technologies is key for supporting the energy transition. While social influence and peer effects have been extensively studied on the demand side and found to impact adoption, less focus has been given to the role of information ne ...

2023

Understanding the relationship between activity spaces and commute routes

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Gloria Serra Coch, Maria Anna Hecher

2023

Corrigendum to "Geographic network effects to engage people in the energy transition: The case of PV in Switzerland" (vol 9, e17800, 2023)

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Romano Tobias Wyss, Gloria Serra Coch

With the energy transition and CO2 emissions reduction as a priority on the international policy agenda, governments worldwide are trying to engage the population in investing in renewable energies. In this paper, we study the role of information access an ...

2023

Renewable Land: Planning the Evolution of Logistic Areas

Gloria Serra Coch

Land is the support of life and the generator of energy cycles in the planet, also being a finite resource. The first consequence of urban population growth and build environment expansion is land consumption. Present strategies reduce this expenditure, ge ...

UNIV POLITECNICA CATALUNYA2021