Multi-criteria evaluation for the optimal adoption of distributed residential energy systems in Japan

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5484-5493

  Ren, Hongbo ^a   Gao, Weijun ^b   Zhou, Weisheng ^a   Nakagami, Ken'ichi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed residential energy system; Integrated design and evaluation; Multi criteria evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROCESSES; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; ELECTRIC SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; EVALUATION METHOD; EVALUATION MODELS; EVALUATION RESULTS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; LOW CARBON; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

DESIGN; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ENERGY POLICY; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DESIGN; ENERGY USE; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 71549145273     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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