Publications de Maria Anna Hecher

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

Spatial Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation to Evaluate on Public Policies for Energy Transition

Maria Anna Hecher

The manuscript describes the development of a spatial Agent-based Simulation to model the effect of public policies on private houseowner’s decisions concerning their heating system. The methodology utilized comprises of an empirical survey to determine th ...

2024

Report on the Statistical Analysis of Actor Decisions (Survey)

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Maria Anna Hecher

Deliverable for WP3.3 of the project ABM4EnergyTransition 'Agent-based Simulation of Transition Scenarios for regional Heating and Energy Transformation'. ...

2024

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