Energy Sustainability Evaluation Model Based on the Matter-Element Extension Method: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China

Li, Siqi; Li, Rongrong

doi:10.3390/su9112128

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“…According to Willrich [4], it is important to note that energy sustainability not only benefits the environment, but is also directly related to economic factors that lead to stability and better social development, since energy sustainability is the result of direct interactions between countries. Furthermore, he notes that energy sustainability must be assumed from an interdisciplinary perspective and as a critique towards non-sustainable attitudes that we hold in society, in order to generate the discussion and conscientious action capable of guiding us towards development [5][6][7][8].…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovative Education in MOOC for Sustainability: Learnings and Motivations

Carrera

Ramírez-Hernández

2018

Sustainability

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This research project analyzes the motivation and learning perceived by the participants in four Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that use innovative education strategies in order to train the community in Education for Sustainability. These MOOCs were delivered during 2017 and the study forms part of the subproject “Open, Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Innovation to Train in Energy Sustainability through MOOCs”, which was offered in the portal of the Binational Laboratory for Intelligent Energy Sustainability Management and Technology Training. The method utilized was mixed, with a triangulation design approach according to the convergence model. This method consisted of two phases: the first being quantitative, with an online survey designed by experts in a Likert type scale, and the second being qualitative, in which valuations of the users were collected through diverse instruments such as focus groups and observations. The results obtained demonstrate the advantages of designing MOOCs that make use of innovative tools, in order to engage the students as much as possible, and the collateral impact on the development of digital abilities and skills in addition to the learning acquired with respect to sustainability.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovative Education in MOOC for Sustainability: Learnings and Motivations

Carrera

Ramírez-Hernández

2018

Sustainability

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“…The concept of matter element is to provide a new way for classification and pattern recognition of things [50]. Matter element analysis often represents things as ( , , )…”

Section: Basic Theory Of Matter Elementmentioning

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“…The concept of matter element is to provide a new way for classification and pattern recognition of things [50]. Matter element analysis often represents things as R = (N, C, V), N represents the name of things, C means the characteristics of things, and V means the value of C, R is the basic element of a thing.…”

Section: Basic Theory Of Matter Elementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Study on Vulnerability and Coordination of Water-Energy-Food System in Northwest China

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Water, energy and food are the basic resources for human survival and development. The coordination development of water-energy-food (W-E-F) is of great significance to promote regional sustainable development. In this study, Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) was selected as the research case, and an evaluation index system was constructed to assess the vulnerability and coordination of water-energy-food (W-E-F) system based on PSR model. Then, a coupled model based on cloud-matter element model and coordination degree model was proposed. The cloud-matter element model was adopted to evaluate the vulnerability level of W-E-F system. The coordination degree model was employed to calculate the coordination degrees of W-E-F system. The results showed that, from 2006 to 2015, the vulnerability levels of W-E-F system in Northwest China were mostly at Level 1. The coordination degrees of W-E-F system belonged to the transitional development level (II) in most years. The vulnerability and coordination problems of W-E-F system in Northwest China were severe. The comprehensive vulnerability index values of W-E-F system were generally on the rise, but far from reaching a good level. Moreover, the comprehensive vulnerability index values and coordination degrees of W-E-F system in Northwest China do not match well. Finally, the countermeasures and suggestions to improve the coordinated development of water resource, energy and food in Northwest China were put forward.2 of 25 scholars and relevant departments. Research on W-E-F system has become an important topic in the field of sustainable development [4].Vulnerability, as an important research object, has been put on the research agenda by international scientific programs and institutions such as IHDP, IPCC, IGBP [5][6][7]. It has become the frontier and hotspot of global environmental change and sustainable scientific research. In 1999, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) formally put forward the concept of "economic vulnerability" [8]. After that, the research object of vulnerability has gradually expanded from the natural ecological environment system to the complex system which includes the natural, social, economic and institutional factors. Cutter [9] summarized the related concepts of vulnerability, pointing out that social vulnerability is a natural risk and social response within a specific region or geographical scope, and stressing the imbalance of social preparedness, response, recovery and adaptation to disasters. The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) defined vulnerability as the extent to which the attributes of communities, systems or property and the environment are damaged by disaster-causing factors. It was considered that vulnerability was related to various natural, social, economic and environmental factors, and has certain temporal and spatial attributes [10]. Chen et al. [11] indicated that social vulnerability influenced people's ability to make full pre-disaster preparatio...

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“…Peng et al introduced the matter-element extension method with using sequence relations of groups to carry out comprehensive power evaluation on the economic and safe operation evaluation model of a power system that consists of key indicators during the operation process [41]. Li et al effectively solved the problem of incompatible conflicts based on a matter-element extension model for the comprehensive evaluation of energy sustainability [42].…”

Section: Matter-element Extension Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating Low-Carbon City: Empirical Study of Shanghai

Yang

2018

Sustainability

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A low-carbon economy is an inevitable choice for achieving economic and ecological sustainable development. It is of significant importance to analyze a city's low-carbon economy development level scientifically and reasonably. In order to achieve this goal, we propose an urban low-carbon economic development level evaluation model based on the matter-element extension method. First, we select some indicators from the existing indicator system based on past research and experience. Then, a matter-element model is established on the basis of weight to evaluate the level of a city's low-carbon, the critical value of each index is determined through the classical domain and the section domain, calculating the correlation degree of a single index and a comprehensive index. Finally, we analyze the low-carbon economy development status and future development trends according to the analysis results. In this study, we select Shanghai as an empirical study-the results show that Shanghai is a city with a low-carbon level and there is a trend of further improvement in Shanghai's low-carbon economy. But its low carbon construction and low carbon technology investment are relatively low. In summary, this method can provide another angle for evaluating a city's low-carbon economy.

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Energy Sustainability Evaluation Model Based on the Matter-Element Extension Method: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China

Cited by 24 publications

References 24 publications

Innovative Education in MOOC for Sustainability: Learnings and Motivations

Innovative Education in MOOC for Sustainability: Learnings and Motivations

Study on Vulnerability and Coordination of Water-Energy-Food System in Northwest China

Investigating Low-Carbon City: Empirical Study of Shanghai

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