Yang, Jiajia, Liu, Hangyue, Wang, Yuxuan, Qiu, Zihang, Dong, Zhaoyang, Suzuki, Tadashi, Noguchi, Toshihide, and Watabe, Masaharu (2020) Key index framework for quantitative sustainability assessment of energy infrastructures in a smart city: An example of Western Sydney. Energy Conversion and Economics, 1 (3). pp. 221-237.

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Abstract

Human society is experiencing a rapidly changing environment in which energy shortages and an ongoing climate crisis have been identified as two of the major challenges to the sustainable development of human civilization. In the face of these challenges, the concept of a smart city is proposed which aims at achieving sustainable development, increasing the quality of life, and improving the cost-effectiveness of existing and new energy infrastructures. To this end, this study proposes a general framework with a three-tier story chart for guiding the establishment of sustainability assessment models and the selection of their indicators. In addition, a quantitative analysis method is developed for assessing the sustainability of energy infrastructures in a smart city, which indicates how the long-term sustainability of the energy infrastructure can be achieved. The proposed method incorporates extensive environmental, economic, and social indicators, which go beyond conventional facility-level criteria and seamlessly relate to the broader community that benefits from the renewable energy transition (including energy construction, operations, and energy services). The proposed methodologies can be implemented through collecting the corresponding history data of the indicators and following the analysis procedures presented in this study. The proposed methodology can serve as a supporting tool for decision-making on new infrastructure investment and policymaking toward sustainable development. Case studies in Western Sydney were carried out to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed methodologies.

Item ID:	78133
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2634-1581
Copyright Information:	This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. © 2020 The Authors. Energy Conversion and Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology and the State Grid Economic & Technological Research Institute Co., Ltd
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2023 02:57
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