Multi-criteria decision aiding for the integration of photovoltaic systems in the urban environment: the case of the Greater Geneva agglomeration

Martin Thebault (1) , Vincent Clivillé (2) , Leon Gaillard (1) , Gilles Desthieux (3) , Christophe Ménézo (1) , Lamia Berrah (2)

1 LOCIE - LabOratoire proCédés énergIe bâtimEnt
2 LISTIC - Laboratoire d'Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l'Information et de la Connaissance
3 HEPIA - Haute Ecole du Paysage, d'Ingénierie et d'Architecture de Genève

The current climate and energy context is triggering the massive deployment of solar energy technologies in the short term. As a consequence, the number of Photovoltaic (PV) systems that will be set up in urban areas will drastically increase. Such large-scale integration must be guided by careful consideration of a diverse set of criteria, including energy resources and demand, as well as socioeconomic and environmental factors. In this paper, a decision aiding approach is introduced to rank a set of buildings based on their suitability to host photovoltaic systems in the particular case of urban environments. The study takes place in the context of a Franco-Swiss project covering the Grand Genève (Greater Geneva) agglomeration. A list of decision criteria is defined and the ELECTRE III outranking method is used to solve the problem and provide efficient ranking of the different solutions.

Mots clés: Building Integrated Photovoltaic; ELECTRE; Greater Geneva agglomeration; multi-criteria decision aiding

Domaines: Théorie de l'information [cs.IT]

Martin Thebault, Vincent Clivillé, Leon Gaillard, Gilles Desthieux, Christophe Ménézo, et al.. Multi-criteria decision aiding for the integration of photovoltaic systems in the urban environment: the case of the Greater Geneva agglomeration. Territorio, In press, ⟨10.14609/Ti_1_20_1e⟩. ⟨hal-03134928⟩