Improving the energy efficiency of the existing building stock: A critical review of commercial and institutional buildings

R Ruparathna, K Hewage, R Sadiq - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The building stock in the world consumes approximately 40% of the energy and emits one
third of the total greenhouse gases emissions (GHG). Improving the energy efficiency in …

Multi-criteria applications in renewable energy analysis: A literature review

R Abu-Taha - 2011 Proceedings of PICMET'11: Technology …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Renewable energies are rising as solutions for a sustainable, environmentally friendly and
long-term cost effective sources of energies for the future. Renewable energy decision …

Selection of renewable energy technologies for a developing county: a case of Pakistan

M Amer, TU Daim - Energy for sustainable development, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper some renewable energy options for electricity generation for Pakistan are
explored from multiple perspectives comprising technical, economical, social, environmental …

Barriers to onshore wind energy implementation: A systematic review

JRF Diógenes, J Claro, JC Rodrigues… - Energy Research & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Onshore wind energy (WE) has achieved a significant diffusion worldwide, in spite of the
existence of multiple barriers to the large-scale implementation of wind farms. These barriers …

Technological, economic and sustainability evaluation of power plants using the Analytic Hierarchy Process

AI Chatzimouratidis, PA Pilavachi - Energy policy, 2009 - Elsevier
Complexity of power plant evaluation is steadily rising, as more criteria are involved in the
overall assessment while evaluation data change rapidly. Apart from evaluating several …

Energy security and co-benefits of energy efficiency improvement in three Asian countries

S Selvakkumaran, B Limmeechokchai - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
Energy and energy security have become important to countries aiming to go on the path of
sustainable development. In this regard this paper analyses the improvement of energy …

Why adoption is slow despite promising potential of biogas technology for improving energy security and mitigating climate change in Sri Lanka?

M Bekchanov, MAH Mondal, A de Alwis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite multiple economic, environmental and health benefits of biogas and governmental
support to scale up biogas technologies, the rate of biogas adoption has been slow in many …

Objective and subjective evaluation of power plants and their non-radioactive emissions using the analytic hierarchy process

AI Chatzimouratidis, PA Pilavachi - Energy policy, 2007 - Elsevier
Non-nuclear power plant emissions are of great concern to the public and to scientists alike.
As energy demand tends to rise rapidly, especially in the developing countries, the negative …

Barrier analysis for the deployment of renewable-based mini-grids in Myanmar using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

M Numata, M Sugiyama, G Mogi - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Energy access remains a challenge for many countries, as recognized by sustainable
development goal 7 of the United Nations Development Programme. Although the Myanmar …

Greener energy: issues and challenges for Pakistan-hydel power prospective

AW Bhutto, AA Bazmi, G Zahedi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Water is a vital resource that supports all forms of life on earth. Progressive release of
greenhouse gases (GHG) from increasing energy-intensive industries has eventually …