A Formal Strategy to Expedite The Evaluation and Selection of Components of a Comprehensive Energy Management Plan
Keywords:
Decision making, multiple objective analysis, energy meth- ods, evaluation, management methods.Abstract
This article introduces a decision-making method to expedite the
evaluation and selection of alternative energy and energy-cost savings
opportunities in a comprehensive energy management plan. The method
promises to reduce uncertainty in the selection of a single or field of
alternatives because of its application of equal weight criteria, limited
threshold ranking, and absolute disqualification rules. When applied in
a strategic energy management plan, the method reduces uncertainty by
the process of filtering and selecting the best opportunities for energy use
improvement and evaluating them against multiple criteria of an organi-
zation’s energy management objectives. The value of the method is in its
simplicity and expediency to identify, assess, and then integrate into the
energy management plan the most appropriate opportunities
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