A Multi-Criteria Methodology to Support Public Administration Decision Making Concerning Sustainable Energy Action Plans

Giuliano Dall'O', Maria Franca Norese, Annalisa Galante and Chiara Novello
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Giuliano Dall'O': Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (A.B.C. Department), Polytechnic of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 10133 Milano, Italy
Maria Franca Norese: Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP), Polytechnic University of Turin, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Annalisa Galante: Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (A.B.C. Department), Polytechnic of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 10133 Milano, Italy
Chiara Novello: Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP), Polytechnic University of Turin, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

Energies, 2013, vol. 6, issue 8, 1-23

Abstract: For municipalities that have joined the Covenant of Mayors promoted by the European Commission, the Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) represents a strategic tool for achieving the greenhouse gas reductions required by 2020. So far as the energy retrofit actions in their residential building stock are concerned, which in the small-to-medium municipalities are responsible for more than 60% of CO 2 emissions, the scenarios for intervening are normally decided on the basis of an economic (cost/performance) analysis. This type of analysis, however, does not take into account important aspects for small and medium-sized communities such as social aspects, environmental impacts, local economic development and employment. A more comprehensive and effective tool to support the choices of public administrators is the multi-criteria analysis. This study proposes a methodology that integrates multi-criteria analysis in order to support Public Administration/Local Authorities in programming Sustainable Energy Action Plans with a more targeted approach to sustainability. The methodology, based on the ELECTRE III method, was applied to a medium-size municipality in the Lombardy region of Italy. The results obtained with this approach are discussed in this paper.

Keywords: energy planning; multi-criteria analysis; ELECTRE III; energy retrofit of buildings; sustainable energy action plans (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: 2013
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