Evaluating Implementation of Energy Management Optimization in Household and Commercial Sectors of Metropolises Using SWOT (Case Study: Tehran Metropolis)

Subject Areas : environmental management

Samira khadivi ¹ , Majid Abbaspour ² , Abdol Reza Karbassi ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Environment and Energy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2015-01-15 Accepted : 2015-11-16 Published : 2016-11-21

Keywords: Evaluation, Energy management, Household and Commercial, SWOT,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: High energy consumption in residential and commercial sectors resulting from the lack of optimized management of the mentioned sectors imposes adverse effects in terms of economics, health and environment on a community. One of the ways to optimize energy consumption is proper management. In order to prevent uncontrolled growth of energy consumption and maintain national energy resources is energy management in residential and commercial sectors in metropolises. Therefore, the development of implementation mechanisms in this sectors requires special attention. Method: After analyzing the results of energy consumption in Tehran and in the country, a total number of 96 questionnaires were prepared and distributed among the relevant experts to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated eith energy consumption in the household and commercial sectors. Subsequently, all the strategic factors were evaluated. The IFE and EFE matrices were used to evaluate the internal and external strategic factors. The total values of the IFE and EFE matrices were obtained to be 2.85 and 2.88, respectively. The mentioned matrices suggest that the metropolitan cities of Iran suffer from some internal weaknesses. This indicates that the weaknesses are more than the strength points. In terms of the external factors, the metropolitan cities in Iran are involved in managerial weaknesses so that the opportunities are less than the threats. Results: Codification of energy consumption strategies and patterns in metropolitan cities are considered as key factors in reducing energy consumption in the country. Given the high potential for savings, the household and commercial sectors should always be considered in terms of energy consumption management and optimization. In the next steps, the executive instructions concerning the five key strategies were presented to achieve the pattern of energy consumption in household and commercial sectors of metropolitan cities (Tehran) in Iran. Afterwards, a checklist was prepared to investigate the status of management execution and the strategy of energy consumption modification pattern in the household and commercial sectors of the metropolitan cities.

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