Ebook: Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods

Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world's power industry. EnergyDecisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of MulticriteriaMethods reviews practical tools for multicriteria (also called multiobjective) decision analysis that can be used to quantify trade-offs and contribute to more consistent, informed, and transparent decision making. These methods are designed to generate and effectively communicate information about trade-offs; to help people form, articulate, and apply value judgments in decision making; and to promote effective negotiation among stakeholders with competing interests. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use ofMulticriteria Methods includes explanations of a wide range of methods, tutorial applications that readers can duplicate, a detailed review of energy-environment applications, and three in-depth case studies.

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Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world's power industry. EnergyDecisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of MulticriteriaMethods reviews practical tools for multicriteria (also called multiobjective) decision analysis that can be used to quantify trade-offs and contribute to more consistent, informed, and transparent decision making. These methods are designed to generate and effectively communicate information about trade-offs; to help people form, articulate, and apply value judgments in decision making; and to promote effective negotiation among stakeholders with competing interests. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use ofMulticriteria Methods includes explanations of a wide range of methods, tutorial applications that readers can duplicate, a detailed review of energy-environment applications, and three in-depth case studies.

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Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world's power industry. EnergyDecisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of MulticriteriaMethods reviews practical tools for multicriteria (also called multiobjective) decision analysis that can be used to quantify trade-offs and contribute to more consistent, informed, and transparent decision making. These methods are designed to generate and effectively communicate information about trade-offs; to help people form, articulate, and apply value judgments in decision making; and to promote effective negotiation among stakeholders with competing interests. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use ofMulticriteria Methods includes explanations of a wide range of methods, tutorial applications that readers can duplicate, a detailed review of energy-environment applications, and three in-depth case studies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-14
The Application of MCDM Methods....Pages 15-44
Screening and Tradeoff Analysis....Pages 45-65
Scaling, Weighting and Amalgamation....Pages 67-98
Resolving Differences (Step 10)....Pages 99-109
An Illustrative Numerical Example....Pages 111-122
A Review of MCDM Applications in Energy Planning and Policy....Pages 123-158
MCDM at BC Hydro: The 1995 Plan....Pages 159-178
Multi-Method MCDM at BC Gas....Pages 179-205
MCDM Experiments at Seattle City Light....Pages 207-234
Closing Remarks....Pages 235-237
Back Matter....Pages 239-257

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Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world's power industry. EnergyDecisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of MulticriteriaMethods reviews practical tools for multicriteria (also called multiobjective) decision analysis that can be used to quantify trade-offs and contribute to more consistent, informed, and transparent decision making. These methods are designed to generate and effectively communicate information about trade-offs; to help people form, articulate, and apply value judgments in decision making; and to promote effective negotiation among stakeholders with competing interests. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use ofMulticriteria Methods includes explanations of a wide range of methods, tutorial applications that readers can duplicate, a detailed review of energy-environment applications, and three in-depth case studies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-14
The Application of MCDM Methods....Pages 15-44
Screening and Tradeoff Analysis....Pages 45-65
Scaling, Weighting and Amalgamation....Pages 67-98
Resolving Differences (Step 10)....Pages 99-109
An Illustrative Numerical Example....Pages 111-122
A Review of MCDM Applications in Energy Planning and Policy....Pages 123-158
MCDM at BC Hydro: The 1995 Plan....Pages 159-178
Multi-Method MCDM at BC Gas....Pages 179-205
MCDM Experiments at Seattle City Light....Pages 207-234
Closing Remarks....Pages 235-237
Back Matter....Pages 239-257
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