Fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making method for technology selection for emissions reduction from shipping under uncertainties

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 43-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingzheng Ren ◽  
Marie Lützen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Technology Selection ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Selection For

scholarly journals A multi-criteria decision making approach in lighting technology selection for a production hall

2018 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 04007
Author(s):  
Maria Cristea ◽  
Radu Adrian Tîrnovan ◽  
Ciprian Cristea ◽  
Constantin Sorin Pică
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Technical Specification ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Technology Selection ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Total Consumption ◽  
Lighting Technology ◽  
Indoor Space ◽  
Outdoor Spaces ◽  
Selection For

Nowadays, lighting industry can contribute to a more sustainable future, by reducing the total consumption of electrical energy used to illuminate indoor and outdoor spaces. Thus, lighting system design is one of the important components when thinking about building sustainability. Taking into account the final purpose of the lighting installation (the type of human activity that will take place in the indoor space for which lighting is to be provided), the most suitable lighting technologies are selected considering their characteristics, dimensions, and technical specification. The paper presents how a lighting technology selection for a production hall using a multi-criteria decision making approach. There are considered the most common luminaires and lamps which can assure the illuminance necessary for the hall, which represent the variants, evaluated against several criteria, considering the decision maker’s preferences and constraints. The variants are ranked according to their performance for each criterion. The optimal lighting solution obtained after the simulation experiment suggests that ELECTRE III method is a practical decision-making model that can be considered for this type of decisions.

Appropriate decision making in energy technology selection for developing countries: The Life Cycle Assessment approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
Abeer Ali Khan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Technology Selection ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
Selection For

As the high demand of energy of the developing countries is met by importing energy and different energy technology, it has become increasingly necessary to discuss the environmental impacts throughout the life cycle of those technologies and make better decisions. Developed in the late 1960s, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has become a wide-ranging tool used to determine impacts of products or systems over several environmental and resource issues. The LCA approach has become more prevalent in research, industry and policy with growing concern for the environment. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to introduce the use of LCA in the decision-making process while selecting an energy technology. In this way, more environmentally conscious decisions will be made as LCAs can provide a better basis for this process.

scholarly journals Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM ) Approach for Selecting Solar Plants Site and Technology: A Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roghayeh Ghasempour ◽  
Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari ◽  
Morteza Ebrahimi ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi ◽  
H. Hadiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Technology Selection ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Applied Technology ◽  
Network Maintenance ◽  
Solar Power Plants

Renewable energies have many advantages and their importance is rising owing to gravely mounting concerns for environmental issues and lack of fossil fuels in the future. Solar energy, well acknowledged as an inexhaustible source of energy, is developing dramatically for different purposes such as desalination and electricity generation. Appropriate solar power plant is very important factor for power generation due to its cost and other constraints. The applied technology is as important as the solar power plants location.  In this paper, a wide variety multi criteria decision making (MCDM) methods, investigated by various researchers, are presented to obtain effective criteria in selecting solar plants sites and solar plants technologies. There is not any comprehensive research providing all required criteria for decision making for site and technology selection. Based on the reviewed researches, weight of each criterion depends on many factors such as region, economy, accessibility, power network, maintenance costs, operating costs, etc. The important criteria for site selection are represented and investigated thoroughly in this review paper.© 2019. CBIORE-IJRED. All rights reservedArticle History: Received June 17th 2017; Received in revised form March 7th 2018; Accepted June 16th 2018; Available onlineHow to Cite This Article: Ghasempour, R., Nazari, M.A., Ebrahimi, M., Ahmadi, M.H. and Hadiyanto, H. (2019) Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM ) Approach for Selecting Solar Plants Site and Technology: A Review. Int Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 8(1), 15-25.https://doi.org/10.14710/ijred.8.1.15-25

scholarly journals Development of a decision-making checklist tool to support technology selection in digital health research

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1004-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Nebeker ◽  
Rebecca J Bartlett Ellis ◽  
John Torous
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Technology Selection ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Privacy Risk ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Selection For

Abstract Digital technologies offer researchers new approaches to test personalized and adaptive health interventions tailored to an individual. Yet, research leveraging technologies to capture personal health data involve technical and ethical consideration during the study design phase. No guidance exists to facilitate responsible digital technology selection for research purposes. A stakeholder-engaged and iterative approach was used to develop, test, and refine a checklist designed to aid researchers in selecting technologies for their research. First, stakeholders (n = 7) discussed and informed key decision-making domains to guide app/device selection derived from the American Psychiatric Association’s framework that included safety, evidence, usability, and interoperability. We added “ethical principles” to the APA’s hierarchical model and created a checklist that was used by a small group of behavioral scientists (n = 7). Findings revealed the “ethical principles” domains of respect, beneficence, and justice cut across each decision-making domains and the checklist questions/prompts were revised accordingly and can be found at thecore.ucsd.edu. The refined checklist contains four decision-making domains with prompts/questions and ethical principles embedded within the domains of privacy, risk/benefit, data management, and access/evidence. This checklist is the first step in leading the narrative of decision-making when selecting digital health technologies for research. Given the dynamic and rapidly evolving nature of digital health technology use in research, this tool will need to be further evaluated for usefulness in technology selection.

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