Preferences Matter: A Constructive Approach to Incorporating Local Stakeholders’ Preferences in the Sustainability Evaluation of Energy Technologies

Grafakos, Stelios; Flamos, Alexandros; Enseñado, Elena Marie

doi:10.3390/su70810922

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“…The results of the stakeholders' validation established the wide acceptance of the indicator set among the local stakeholders who participated in the process [36]. The final stage of validation provided a final list of 22 evaluation criteria which is presented in Table 1.…”

Section: Three Stages Of Validation Of Evaluation Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The different elements of the hybrid weighting methodology have been developed and explained in recent publications by the authors [36,38]. The current hybrid methodology strengthens the flexibility of the preferences elicitation approach by applying the appropriate method according to the different context, while at the same time utilizes a systematic iterative process.…”

Section: Weighting Preferences Elicitation Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The techniques that were used are: a. Pairwise comparisons: A series of pair-wise comparisons based on an abbreviated format (i.e., a-b, b-c, c-d, etc.) [36,38] was utilized. The respondents expressed their preferences in three steps for a smooth and gradual elicitation of their preferences: (a) verbally; (b) numerically as well as (c) graphically.…”

Section: Weighting Preferences Elicitation Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the criteria that data was available, quantifiable indicators were defined. On the other hand, for criteria that data was not available, a relative ordinal scale was developed [36].…”

Section: Three Stages Of Validation Of Evaluation Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These energy technologies under investigation were selected from a review of current and future energy technologies that could reduce carbon emissions in Europe [36].…”

Section: Defining the Assessment Problemmentioning

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Abstract:The main objective of this article is to assess the priorities of local governments (LGs) in Europe regarding climate change mitigation technologies evaluation in the electricity sector and to provide important insights for energy policy design. The study applies a hybrid weighting methodology to elicit LGs' preferences in a constructive and iterative way regarding the evaluation criteria of low-carbon energy technologies. Furthermore, the study employs three data collection and preference elicitation methods, namely: survey, workshop, and webinar. The study was conducted across thirty one (31) European LGs that were categorized according to three variables: population size, geographical region and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. The analysis shows that "CO2 emissions" is the most important criterion among European LGs, followed by "mortality and morbidity" and "ecosystem damages". The results illustrate the potential synergies of climate and energy policies for addressing both CO2 emissions and air pollution. It was also found, based on a correlation analysis, that LGs with higher GDP per capita tend to provide higher weights to criteria related to security of energy supply and technological innovation. The current study provides insights on the actual LGs' priorities that are important to consider during low-carbon energy technologies evaluation and energy policy design. Interestingly, the results of the European LGs' preferences clearly show that the EU climate policy objectives have reached OPEN ACCESSEnergies 2015, 8 11642 different levels of governance-and at this particular case, the local level. Furthermore, the developed methodology could be applied at different geographical regions to map other regions' LG priorities, but also at a group decision making context to elicit relevant stakeholders' preferences regarding low-carbon energy technologies and policy objectives.

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Section: Three Stages Of Validation Of Evaluation Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Weighting Preferences Elicitation Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Weighting Preferences Elicitation Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the criteria that data was available, quantifiable indicators were defined. On the other hand, for criteria that data was not available, a relative ordinal scale was developed [36].…”

Section: Three Stages Of Validation Of Evaluation Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These energy technologies under investigation were selected from a review of current and future energy technologies that could reduce carbon emissions in Europe [36].…”

Section: Defining the Assessment Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Multicriteria decision making for sustainable development: A systematic review

Kandakoğlu

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Amor

2019

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Making decisions by integrating social and environmental concerns beyond the financial dimension involves complex decision-making processes in which innovative approaches and best practices need to be implemented. Recently, the literature on decision-making related to sustainable development has grown rapidly, and multiple criteria decision making or analysis (MCDM/A) methods appear to be the most widely used approaches. The general objective of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the literature on the use of MCDM/A in a sustainable development context. We carefully analysed 343 papers dealing with decision-making in sustainable development contexts published in the last 7 years (2010-2017) using MCDM/A methods. Descriptive statistics were provided to highlight the main trends and gaps in the literature, and future research avenues were presented. The results show that although sustainable development strives to achieve a balance between the short and the long term, most articles surveyed did not investigate either the long-term perspective related to sustainable development or the unforeseen events that could impact future project evaluations. Indeed, the need for temporal MCDM/A methods under uncertainty emerges as an important research challenge. In addition, resultsshow that the social dimension was the most frequently ignored dimension. In future research, decision-making processes should closely investigate social well-being and encourage the participation of stakeholders (including the communities affected).Finally, the recent research on sustainability is relatively easy to implement but may not lead to the desired outcome. Future research needs to develop methods that promote sustainability without being overly difficult to implement in practice. KEYWORDS multicriteria decision making or analysis (MCDM/A), sustainable development, temporal evaluation, uncertainty 1 | INTRODUCTION Today's decision-making processes evolve in a context in which sustainability is a major concern and decisions have to be made based on the triple bottom line. Decision processes should simultaneously take into account the economic, social, and environmental impacts of decisions within a long-term vision. Making decisions beyond the financial dimension by integrating social and environmental concerns involves complex decision-making processes in which innovative approaches and best practices need to be developed and implemented.As a major societal concern, sustainable development (SD) is now incorporated into the legislation of many countries around the world.

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Preferences Matter: A Constructive Approach to Incorporating Local Stakeholders’ Preferences in the Sustainability Evaluation of Energy Technologies

Cited by 27 publications

References 54 publications

Mapping and Measuring European Local Governments’ Priorities for a Sustainable and Low-Carbon Energy Future

Mapping and Measuring European Local Governments’ Priorities for a Sustainable and Low-Carbon Energy Future

Multicriteria decision making for sustainable development: A systematic review

Biogas and Biomethane Technologies: An AHP Model to Support the Policy Maker in Incentive Design in Italy

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