A Composite Index for Tracking the Evolution towards Energy Transition at Urban Scale: The Turin Case Study

Eleonora Desogus (), Ettore Bompard and Daniele Grosso
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Eleonora Desogus: Department of Energy (DENERG), Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Ettore Bompard: Department of Energy (DENERG), Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Daniele Grosso: Department of Energy (DENERG), Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 6, 1-20

Abstract: Cities play a pivotal role in achieving worldwide carbon neutrality due to their significant contribution to global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Therefore, planning effective strategies and guiding evidence-based policymaking at the city scale becomes even more crucial. Composite indices serve as a valuable tool for monitoring urban energy transition trends. This paper aims to present a novel approach, robust and flexible even under conditions of data scarcity, for tracking the energy transition trend of a city by means of a composite index (UETI). The Turin case study is introduced to test the applicability of the proposed approach. Additionally, to demonstrate the robustness of the composite index framework, the paper includes the findings of correlation and sensitivity analyses. This study reveals a significant improvement in Turin’s environmental and energy domains, while the socio-economic domain shows more modest improvement. Furthermore, the study highlights the need to address the shortage of urban data to enhance the accuracy and reliability of metric-based frameworks and to extend the assessment to a larger sample of cities.

Keywords: energy transition; electrification; decarbonization; composite index; city scale; performance indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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