An ex post criticism, based on stakeholders’ preferences, of a residential sector’s energy master plan: the case study of the Sicilian region

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 129-149

  Giaccone, Antonino ^a   Lascari, Giovanni ^b   Peri, Giorgia ^b   Rizzo, Gianfranco ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Buildings; Regional energy planning; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BUDGET CONTROL; BUILDINGS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION PROCESS; STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT; STAKEHOLDERS; UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BUILDING; ENERGY PLANNING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESIDENT POPULATION; STAKEHOLDER;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84963636405     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-016-9444-9     Document Type: Article

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