Multicriteria analysis in selecting the optimal variant of solar system

¹ Department of Geomechanics, Civil Engineering and Geotechnics, Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering, AGH University Of Science And Technology in Cracow, Poland
² Institute of Construction and Transportation Engineering & Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University Of Technology, Poland

^a Corresponding author: aradziej@agh.edu.pl

Abstract

Alternative energy sources are becoming more serious competition to traditional ways of generating energy. It becomes real integration of eco-energy with ecology, as well as the innovative technologies with low-energy construction. Apart from the cost an important issue are technical parameters of the equipment, durability, ease of installation, etc. The investor therefore is facing with the problem of decision-making to choose the best solution from the point of view of many criteria. In the article, the authors present the proposal to apply the methods of multi-criteria analysis to select the most beneficial variant of the solar system solutions. In this purpose will be use among other method: multivariate analysis of Saaty’s AHP, the taxonomic method of weighting factors and, belonging to a group of methods using outranking relations, the Promethee II method. Proposed comparative analysis can be used as a method for decision support during the selection of the most beneficial technological solution of solar installation and to evaluate operational efficiency existing buildings which will have implemented new systems.