This book presents various methods for sustainability assessment of energy systems, under various different conditions and scenarios. It answers the questions of how to measure the sustainability of energy systems by adopting appropriate metrics and methods.
This book provides readers with a comprehensive view of the frontiers of sustainability assessment methods for energy system analysis. It presents various methodologies, allowing readers to understand:
the complete metrics for sustainability assessment; life cycle thinking for sustainability assessment of energy systems; and the advanced sustainability assessment methods for energy systems.
This book is of interest to researchers, engineers, decision makers, and postgraduate students within the field of energy systems, sustainability, and decision analysis.
Overview of Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Sustainability
Assessment: Concepts and Methods.- Integrated Criteria System for
Sustainability Assessment of Energy Systems.- Sustainable Energy System in
the Largest Archipelagic State. Opportunities and Challenge.- Elements pf
Holistic Sustainability Assessments for Energy Systems.- Life Cycle Thinking
and Tools for Sustainability Assessment of Energy Systems.- Social Life Cycle
Sustainability Assessment of New Energy Sources for Alternative Vehicles:
Indicators, Methods and Case Study.- Sustainability Assessment of Renewable
Energy Systems and Their Comparative Analysis.- Review and Selection of MCDA
Method for Sustainability Assessment.- Multi-Criteria Evaluation for
Electricity/Water Cogeneration Systems using LCA.- Dynamic Agent-based
Sustainability Assessment of Energy Systems.- Preparing for the Unpredicted:
A Resiliency Approach.
Dr. Jingzheng Ren is currently Assistant Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Southern Denmark, and Associated Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Security & Development Policy (Stockholm, Sweden). He received his Ph.D. degree in 2015 from the University of Padua, He worked as Fulltime Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark before moving to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has published more than 200 publications including 150 journal papers, 1 authored book, 11 edited books, and more than 40 book chapters. He serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer) and Subject Editor of Sustainable Production and Consumption (Elsevier), and he has also served as the session chair, an academic member, and a technical committee member of many international conferences.
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