Perceived Difficulty of Household Energy-Conservation and Scheduling Behaviours

Yet participation depends on whether individuals perceive such behaviours as feasible. This paper examines the determinants of Perceived Behavioural Control (PBC) over energy-conservation and scheduling actions using representative survey data from Luxembourg (n=804).

Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, we test whether environmental attitudes, perceived energy literacy (PEL), and energy-related financial literacy (ERFL) shape households' perceived ease of performing nine appliance-level actions. Results show that environmental attitudes are the strongest and most consistent predictor of PBC, while literacy-based factors play a limited role. Age is positively associated with PBC; income negatively so.