Energy management problems associated with rapid institutional, political, technical, ecological, social and economic development have been of critical concern to both national and local governments worldwide for many decades; thus, addressing such issues is a global priority. The main of objective of this study is to provide a review on the application and use of decision making approaches in regard to energy management problems. This paper selected and reviewed 196 published papers, from 1995 to 2015 in 72 important journals related to energy management, which chosen from the “Web of Science” database and in this regard, the systematic and meta-analysis method which called “PRISMA” has been proposed. All published papers were categorized into 13 different fields: environmental impact assessment, waste management, sustainability assessment, renewable energy, energy sustainability, land management, green management topics, water resources management, climate change, strategic environmental assessment, construction and environmental management and other energy management areas. Furthermore, papers were categorized based on the authors, publication year, nationality of authors, region, technique and application, number of criteria, research purpose, gap and contribution, solution and modeling, results and findings. Hybrid MCDM and fuzzy MCDM in the integrated methods were ranked as the first methods in use. The Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review was the important journal in this paper, with 32 published papers. Finally, environmental impact assessment was ranked as the first area that applied decision making approaches. Results of this study acknowledge that decision making approaches can help decision makers and stakeholders in solving some problems under uncertainties situations in environmental decision making and these approaches have seen increasing interest among previous researchers to use these approaches in various steps of environmental decision making process.

A review of multi-criteria decision-making applications to solve energy management problems: Two decades from 1995 to 2015

Formal decision-making methods can be used to help improve the overall sustainability of industries and organisations. Recently, there has been a great proliferation of works aggregating sustainability criteria by using diverse multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques. A number of review papers summarising these techniques have been published. During the past few years, new approaches for hybrid MCDM (HMCDM) methods have been developed, but they have not yet been completely reviewed. This article aims to fill this gap and to summarise publications related to the application of HMCDM. The current study is limited solely to papers available in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection database. The main findings report that HMCDM methods have been increasingly applied for supporting decisions in different domains of sustainability. The most frequently used methods emphasise the advantages of hybrid approaches over individual methods, and we conclude that they can assist decision-...

Hybrid multiple criteria decision-making methods: a review of applications for sustainability issues

Environmentally responsible manufacturing, green supply chain management (GSCM), and related principles have become important strategies for companies to achieve profit and gain market share by lowering their environmental impacts and increasing their efficiency. As environment has become a key strategic consideration in supply chains, this study examines the components and elements of GSCM and suggests a novel GSCM evaluation framework. It also provides a real-case study of Ford Otosan, one of the pioneering companies about environmental subjects in Turkey, to illustrate the industrial application of our theoretical assessment model. The identified components are integrated into a strategic assessment and evaluation tool using analytical network process (ANP). The dynamic characteristics and complexity of the GSCM analysis environment make the ANP technique a suitable tool for this study. Moreover, to cope with ambiguity and vagueness of the decision maker's evaluations, the fuzzy extension of the ANP me...

Evaluation of the green supply chain management practices: a fuzzy ANP approach

A systematic review of supply chain knowledge management research: State of the art and research opportunities

Using knowledge management systems

An evaluation framework for technology transfer of new equipment in high technology industry

The main purpose of this research is to propose an effective hybrid process for evaluating district development directions concerning district revitalization and regeneration (DRAR) prospects along with simultaneous positive and negative conflict criteria and their interdependence. Accordingly, the fuzzy Delphi method (FDM), the interpretive structural modeling (ISM), and the analytic network process (ANP) with benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks (BOCR) are integrated to construct a project selection model regarding the DRAR. A real case in Jiufen in Taiwan is studied using the proposed model to evaluate four feasible development directions, and the results verify the applicability of the novel MCDM method. This hybrid process can not only transform complex interaction of district reviving factors into simple quantitative evaluation, but its result can also be guidance for determining future development direction. Highlights? This paper proposes a hybrid process to evaluate district development directions. ? The process concerns district revitalization and regeneration prospects. ? The fuzzy Delphi method and the interpretive structural modeling are used. ? Analytic network process with benefits, opportunities, costs and risks is adopted. ? A case is studied using the model to evaluate feasible development directions.

An integrated decision making model for district revitalization and regeneration project selection

When sustainable development becomes the global trend on residential environment, the transformation of abstract concepts into practicable implementations is necessary. In consequence, an objective evaluation model on regional property needs to established and carried out to examine the effectiveness and performance of local action. Because of the limitations of the small area and dense population in Taiwan, the development trend of the residential environment is toward multistory and high-density housing communities. This paper discusses the development characteristics and demands of a regional sector, and the fuzzy Delphi method (FDM) is used to extract the factors. To consider possible interdependencies among dimensions and among selected factors, the analytic network process (ANP) is used to create a quantitative evaluation model to convert the abstract concept of sustainability into an understandable network model for evaluating different development projects. Our objective and practical evaluation model can be used in related living environment planning fields, and it can be tailored and applied in other management studies.

An integrated FDM–ANP evaluation model for sustainable development of housing community

Green building indicator system has become an essential instrument for fulfilling the sustainable development of collective residence environment. Under the action principle of 'global thinking, local action', the indicator system should reflect local characteristics and requirements and must possesses extensity. However, the followed norm in Taiwan does not contain the related social impact factors that reflect the characteristics of high density and collective dwelling. Therefore, this paper first collects the relevant possible impact factors based on the inhabitant users' information, local characteristics and other indicator systems. Then, factor analysis (FA) method is employed to investigate the users and to extract the principal components of social impact with regional characteristics. Then, the social indicator establishment and application problem is solved by applying the fuzzy extended analytic hierarchy process (FEAHP) method. Finally, by integrating the examination of actual cases, a hierarchical assessment framework is built. The subjective qualitative values for indicators are transferred into objective and quantitative priority weights by fuzzy pairwise comparison to reflect the degree of importance and evaluation efficacy. The results of this research not only strengthen the comprehensiveness of the existing green building indicator system, but also signify the concrete direction for improvement for evaluated cases.

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An integrated FA-FEAHP approach on the social indicators of Taiwan’s green building

In the face of rapid urbanization and globalization, the continual loss of rural landscapes is occurring globally because of declining rural industries, abandoned farmlands and aging local populations. These problems highlight the versatility and diverse values of cultural ecosystem services (CES) to provide feasible responses for rural landscapes. To utilize CES and ensure the sustainability of rural landscapes in Taiwan, this study combined multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and a development evaluation structure that can effectively address interdependent factors for practical application. This study presents the importance of different evaluation compositions with clear weights. The results indicated that the “global technotopia” scenario is the highest priority, followed by the “Satoyama–Satoumi renaissance” scenario, and the other two.

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Wei-Ming Wang

Papers

An evaluation framework for technology transfer of new equipment in high technology industry

An integrated decision making model for district revitalization and regeneration project selection

An integrated FDM–ANP evaluation model for sustainable development of housing community

An integrated FA-FEAHP approach on the social indicators of Taiwan’s green building

Hybrid Decision-Making Evaluation for Future Scenarios of Cultural Ecosystem Services