Multi-criteria evaluation of renewable energy alternatives for electricity generation in a residential building

Seddiki, Mohammed; Bennadji, Amar

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2019.04.046

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“…Li et al [9] developed a fuzzy AHP based tool to evaluate the carbon performance of public projects by ranking different carbon emission criteria related to the design, construction, and operation phases of these projects. Other examples of using FAHP to rank the different economic, social, and environmental impacts of sustainable technologies also exist [18,19]. Malik et al [20] provide a ranking for the following five sustainable project characteristics: technology, economic impact, environmental impact, planning time, and policy to aid in the selection between alternative sustainable projects in Oman.…”

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The Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in Sustainable Project Selection

Alyamani

Long

2020

Sustainability

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The project selection process is a crucial step in sustainable development. Effective sustainable development depends on the ability to select the appropriate sustainable project to implement to ensure that the desired goals are met. Some of the most common characteristics or criteria used in evaluating sustainable projects include novelty, uncertainty, skill and experience, technology information transfer, and project cost. Prioritizing these criteria based on relative importance helps project managers and decision makers identify elements that require additional attention, better allocate resources, as well as improve the selection process when evaluating different sustainable project alternatives. The aim of this research is to use the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) methodology in which fuzzy numbers are utilized to realistically represent human judgment to rank the different project criteria based on relative importance and impact on sustainable projects. The results from the FAHP show that the most important criterion to consider in sustainable project selection is project cost, followed by novelty and uncertainty as the second and third most important criteria, respectively. The two least important criteria out of the total of five examined in this research were the skill and experience and technology information transfer, respectively. These results will help project managers and decision makers identify selection criteria with higher weights of importance. Given that the selection criteria chosen for this research are not limited to the evaluation of a specific type of sustainable projects or a specific location, they can be used to evaluate different types of sustainable projects in different environments and locations.

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The Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in Sustainable Project Selection

Alyamani

Long

2020

Sustainability

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“…To this aim, several solutions have been proposed that include photovoltaic (PV) systems, thermophotovoltaic (PV-T) for electricity and thermal generation and co-generation and tri-generation using gas, solar or biomass as the main driver, fuel cells and Stirling engines, investigated for instance by Calise et al and Seddiki and Bennadji [7,8]. However, the implementation and optimization of systems that include two or more energy sources to provide heating, cooling, domestic hot water (DHW) and electricity at the same time are still in their early stages and require further efforts in the definition of the best strategies and solutions for each type of building [9,10]. The vast majority of works in the literature relate to residential buildings for which extensive reviews on different existing alternatives can be found [1,11].…”

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An Innovative Solar-Biomass Energy System to Increase the Share of Renewables in Office Buildings

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Increasing the energy efficiency of residential and non-residential buildings is a crucial point towards the development of the sustainable cities of the future. To reach such a goal, the commonly employed intervention measures (for instance, on facades and glass) are not sufficient and efforts in reaching a fully renewable energy generation are mandatory. In this context, this paper discusses the applicability of a system with solar and biomass as the main energy sources in different climates for heating, cooling, domestic hot water and electricity generation in office buildings. The energy system includes solar thermal collectors with thermoelectric generators, a biomass boiler, a reversible heat pump/organic Rankine cycle and an adsorption chiller. The results showed that the system can operate with a share of renewables higher than 70% for all energy needs, with up to 80% of the overall energy demand supplied only by solar and biomass sources even in the northern locations.

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“…This is because linguistic information is transformed into real numbers, and uncertain decisions are transformed into precise categories. To some extent, this violates the original intention of using fuzzy methods [33,34]. When a single term cannot accurately express the evaluation information of an object, researchers propose uncertain linguistic variables, but a rough description of the uncertainty of qualitative information is inevitable, which will also lead to information distortion [35,36].…”

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Operation Health Assessment of Power Market Based on Improved Matter-Element Extension Cloud Model

Dong¹,

Wang²,

Liu³

et al. 2019

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The complex power system and trading environment in China has led to higher requirements for the efficient and stable operation of the electricity market. With the continuous advancement of power system reforms, regular evaluation of the operation of the market can help us grasp its status and trends, which is of great significance for ensuring its sustainable development. In order to effectively evaluate the current operational status of the electricity market, the concept of operation health degree of power market (OHDPM) is proposed to measure whether the operation is safe, efficient, and sustainable. This paper establishes an improved model framework based on the matter-element extension theory for evaluation. In order to effectively avoid information distortion and loss in the evaluation process, this paper combines the cloud model, matter element extension theory, ideal point method (IPM), and cloud entropy optimization algorithm to deal with this problem. The matter-element extension cloud model (MEECM) can clearly represent the characteristics of the object to be evaluated. IPM is used to determine the weight of the index. For the improved matter-element extension model, the traditional rules of “3En” and “50% relevance” are taken into account, and the method of solving the entropy is optimized. Then, for the correlation degree between the object to be evaluated and the graded normal cloud, the weight vector solved by the IPM is used to weigh the cloud correlation degree, which can give a reliable evaluation result. The health evaluation index system of power market operation includes 16 sub-indicators in five categories: supply side, demand side, coordinated operation, market security, and sustainable development. In the empirical analysis, the OHDPM situation in Y Province was evaluated in May 2019. The results prove that the OHDPM level is medium, and the importance and health level of each index are given. The reliability of the power system, transaction price stability, Lerner index, residual proportion of producers, and user satisfaction have a greater impact on the health status. Finally, in order to verify the validity and stability of the model, different methods are used to evaluate the evaluation objects, and the advantages of OHDPM evaluation based on the model framework proposed in this paper are proven.

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Multi-criteria evaluation of renewable energy alternatives for electricity generation in a residential building

Cited by 78 publications

References 84 publications

The Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in Sustainable Project Selection

The Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in Sustainable Project Selection

An Innovative Solar-Biomass Energy System to Increase the Share of Renewables in Office Buildings

Operation Health Assessment of Power Market Based on Improved Matter-Element Extension Cloud Model

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