Alternatives prioritization tool for sustainable urban energy management

Author

Nigim, K. ; Reiser, H. ; Luiken, M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Technol. & Appl. Sci. & Apprenticeship, Lambton Coll., Sarnia, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

26-27 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

962

Lastpage

966

Abstract

The paper presents a prioritizing tool of viable alternatives for sustaining electric energy supply to large city. The stated alternatives put forward by experts in the field are compared against a set of criteria to come up with a prioritization mechanism. A practical multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) process is introduced and tested in a thought case study to demonstrate the validity of the process. The process and the result of the hierarchy ranking is presented and discussed and can be used as a tool for pre-feasibility modeling to encourage individuals in participating in a city sustainability development path.

Keywords

decision making; energy management systems; sustainable development; town and country planning; MCDM process; alternatives prioritization tool; city sustainable development; electric energy supply; hierarchy ranking; multicriteria decision making; sustainable urban energy management; Cities and towns; Decision making; Educational institutions; Electricity supply industry; Energy management; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Sustainable development; Decision making tools; development; energy conservation; energy efficiency; sustainable development; sustainable urban;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH), 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3877-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3878-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444357

Filename

5444357