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Decision Support Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece

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Review
Published: 30 July 2021 in Energies
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Current climate change threats and increasing CO2 emissions, especially from the building stock, represent a context where action is required. It is necessary to provide efficient manners to manage energy demand in buildings and contribute to a decarbonised future. By combining new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, Internet of things, blockchain, and the exploitation of big data towards solving real life problems, the way could be paved towards smart and energy-aware buildings. In this context, the aim of this paper is to present a critical review and an in-detail definition of the big data value chain for the built environment in Europe, covering multiple needs and perspectives: “policy”, “technology” and “business”, in order to explore the main challenges and opportunities in this area.

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Gema Hernández-Moral; Sofía Mulero-Palencia; Víctor Serna-González; Carla Rodríguez-Alonso; Roberto Sanz-Jimeno; Vangelis Marinakis; Nikos Dimitropoulos; Zoi Mylona; Daniele Antonucci; Haris Doukas. Big Data Value Chain: Multiple Perspectives for the Built Environment. Energies 2021, 14, 4624 .

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Gema Hernández-Moral, Sofía Mulero-Palencia, Víctor Serna-González, Carla Rodríguez-Alonso, Roberto Sanz-Jimeno, Vangelis Marinakis, Nikos Dimitropoulos, Zoi Mylona, Daniele Antonucci, Haris Doukas. Big Data Value Chain: Multiple Perspectives for the Built Environment. Energies. 2021; 14 (15):4624.

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Gema Hernández-Moral; Sofía Mulero-Palencia; Víctor Serna-González; Carla Rodríguez-Alonso; Roberto Sanz-Jimeno; Vangelis Marinakis; Nikos Dimitropoulos; Zoi Mylona; Daniele Antonucci; Haris Doukas. 2021. "Big Data Value Chain: Multiple Perspectives for the Built Environment." Energies 14, no. 15: 4624.

Journal article
Published: 19 July 2021 in Energies
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Despite the large number of technology-intensive organisations, their corporate know-how and underlying workforce skill are not mature enough for a successful rollout of Artificial Intelligence (AI) services in the near-term. However, things have started to change, owing to the increased adoption of data democratisation processes, and the capability offered by emerging technologies for data sharing while respecting privacy, protection, and security, as well as appropriate learning-based modelling capabilities for non-expert end-users. This is particularly evident in the energy sector. In this context, the aim of this paper is to analyse AI and data democratisation, in order to explore the strengths and challenges in terms of data access problems and data sharing, algorithmic bias, AI transparency, privacy and other regulatory constraints for AI-based decisions, as well as novel applications in different domains, giving particular emphasis on the energy sector. A data democratisation framework for intelligent energy management is presented. In doing so, it highlights the need for the democratisation of data and analytics in the energy sector, toward making data available for the right people at the right time, allowing them to make the right decisions, and eventually facilitating the adoption of decentralised, decarbonised, and democratised energy business models.

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Vangelis Marinakis; Themistoklis Koutsellis; Alexandros Nikas; Haris Doukas. AI and Data Democratisation for Intelligent Energy Management. Energies 2021, 14, 4341 .

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Vangelis Marinakis, Themistoklis Koutsellis, Alexandros Nikas, Haris Doukas. AI and Data Democratisation for Intelligent Energy Management. Energies. 2021; 14 (14):4341.

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Vangelis Marinakis; Themistoklis Koutsellis; Alexandros Nikas; Haris Doukas. 2021. "AI and Data Democratisation for Intelligent Energy Management." Energies 14, no. 14: 4341.

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Published: 16 April 2021 in Energies
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In alignment with the European Union’s legislation, Greece submitted its final 10-year National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) in December 2019, setting more ambitious energy and climate targets than those originally proposed in the draft version of the document. Apart from higher penetration of renewable energy sources (RES), the final NECP projects also zero carbon use in power generation till 2030. Although decarbonization has long been regarded beneficial for economies that base their energy production on coal, as it is the case with Greece, the macroeconomic and societal ramifications of faster transitions to carbon-free economies remain highly unexplored. Under this context, in this paper, we soft-link energy models, namely Times-Greece and Primes, with a macroeconomic model, namely Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP), to measure the effects of the final and draft NECPs on the Greek economy and evaluate the impact of higher decarbonization speeds. We find that the faster transition scenario displays both economic and societal merits, increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and household income by about 1% and 7%, respectively.

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Diamantis Koutsandreas; Evangelos Spiliotis; Haris Doukas; John Psarras. What Is the Macroeconomic Impact of Higher Decarbonization Speeds? The Case of Greece. Energies 2021, 14, 2235 .

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Diamantis Koutsandreas, Evangelos Spiliotis, Haris Doukas, John Psarras. What Is the Macroeconomic Impact of Higher Decarbonization Speeds? The Case of Greece. Energies. 2021; 14 (8):2235.

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Diamantis Koutsandreas; Evangelos Spiliotis; Haris Doukas; John Psarras. 2021. "What Is the Macroeconomic Impact of Higher Decarbonization Speeds? The Case of Greece." Energies 14, no. 8: 2235.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2021 in Energies
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The effects of COVID-19 have had devasting effects on both health and economies in 2020. At the same time, the lockdown and the downturn of economic activity resulted in a decrease in energy consumption and an accompanying reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. In this article, a comparison with the temperature adjustment of energy use is presented for the main carriers of electricity, natural gas, and oil products in the residential, tertiary, industry, and transport (road transport, domestic aviation, and navigation) sectors in 2020 against the previous two years in Greece, along with the corresponding emissions. As the comparison covers the entire year, both COVID peaks in the March–April and November–December periods and the corresponding lockdown effects as well as seasonal variations are included. The analysis shows a reduction, adjusted for temperature, of 3528 GWh in electricity and 10,286 GWh in transport, and an increase of 1916 GWh in heating and other final uses for a net 11,898 GWh decrease and a resulting emissions reduction of 3.48 MtCO2eq (1.29 MtCO2eq in electricity, 2.69 MtCO2eq in transport, and an increase of 0.54 MtCO2eq in heating), or 4.1%, from total national emissions in 2019. The effect is, to a considerable extent, the result of drastic tourist activity contraction, which is starkly evident in the electricity consumption in the Aegean islands. The comparison between the two lockdown periods brings out clear differences, with the reduction in the second one being considerably smaller as the population reverted, to a large extent, to pre-COVID behavior, which implies that no permanent gains from the COVID long-term impact toward decarbonization should be expected.

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Dimitri Lalas; Nikolaos Gakis; Sebastian Mirasgedis; Elena Georgopoulou; Yannis Sarafidis; Haris Doukas. Energy and GHG Emissions Aspects of the COVID Impact in Greece. Energies 2021, 14, 1955 .

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Dimitri Lalas, Nikolaos Gakis, Sebastian Mirasgedis, Elena Georgopoulou, Yannis Sarafidis, Haris Doukas. Energy and GHG Emissions Aspects of the COVID Impact in Greece. Energies. 2021; 14 (7):1955.

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Dimitri Lalas; Nikolaos Gakis; Sebastian Mirasgedis; Elena Georgopoulou; Yannis Sarafidis; Haris Doukas. 2021. "Energy and GHG Emissions Aspects of the COVID Impact in Greece." Energies 14, no. 7: 1955.

Journal article
Published: 11 March 2021 in Journal of Business Research
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Little attention has been paid to the necessity of a principal business context, in which the members of an investment committee decide for the optimal synthesis of portfolios, taking into account several and conflicting investment criteria. The underlying gap widens significantly, considering that mainstream portfolio theory fails to accommodate, both additional investment objectives, beyond expected return and variance, and analysts’ forecasts, when these are coming in the form of discrete recommendations. Our central contribution in this paper is associated with the introduction and standardization of a unified decision support business framework, which deals with all the above complexities and facilitates asset managers in their professional practice. Extensive out-of-sample empirical testing, based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average for a 10-year time period, provides evidence that investment portfolios generated by the methodology, appear with, either equal or superior risk-adjusted return performance, against various benchmarks.

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Panos Xidonas; Haris Doukas; Christis Hassapis. Grouped data, investment committees & multicriteria portfolio selection. Journal of Business Research 2021, 129, 205 -222.

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Panos Xidonas, Haris Doukas, Christis Hassapis. Grouped data, investment committees & multicriteria portfolio selection. Journal of Business Research. 2021; 129 ():205-222.

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Panos Xidonas; Haris Doukas; Christis Hassapis. 2021. "Grouped data, investment committees & multicriteria portfolio selection." Journal of Business Research 129, no. : 205-222.

Article
Published: 13 February 2021 in Computational Economics
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Increasing the financial institutions’ deployment of capital in energy efficiency investments remains still a challenge. The present article is intended to investigate the benefits of the application of traditional classification methods, such as the ordinal logit, the ordinal probit and the linear discriminant analysis (LDA), as well as machine learning techniques, such as the k-Nearest Neighbors and the Support Vector Machines, in the development of models for predicting the performance of energy efficiency investments. We are dealing with the process of investments identification that can be considered attractive, in terms of fostering green growth, while also having an extremely strong capacity to meet their financial commitments and therefore bridging the gap between investors and project developers. In addition, the deduction of critical comparative insights regarding the application of these five widely used techniques, is anticipated. The validity of the attempt is verified through an illustrative testing procedure on the Energy Efficiency De-risking Project database. The qualitative and technical conclusions obtained demonstrate that machine learning methods moderately outperform traditional methods regarding their predictive accuracy. Finally, findings that confirm and expand the existing underlying research are also reported.

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Haris Doukas; Panos Xidonas; Nikos Mastromichalakis. How Successful are Energy Efficiency Investments? A Comparative Analysis for Classification & Performance Prediction. Computational Economics 2021, 1 -20.

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Haris Doukas, Panos Xidonas, Nikos Mastromichalakis. How Successful are Energy Efficiency Investments? A Comparative Analysis for Classification & Performance Prediction. Computational Economics. 2021; ():1-20.

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Haris Doukas; Panos Xidonas; Nikos Mastromichalakis. 2021. "How Successful are Energy Efficiency Investments? A Comparative Analysis for Classification & Performance Prediction." Computational Economics , no. : 1-20.

Journal article
Published: 17 December 2020 in Sustainability
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Greece has historically been one of the most lignite-dependent countries in Europe, due to the abundant coal resources in the region of Western Macedonia and the municipality of Megalopolis, Arcadia (region of Peloponnese). However, a key part of the National Energy and Climate Plan is to gradually phase out the use of lignite, which includes the decommissioning of all existing lignite units by 2023, except the Ptolemaida V unit, which will be closed by 2028. This plan makes Greece a frontrunner among countries who intensively use lignite in energy production. In this context, this paper investigates the environmental, economic, and social state of Megalopolis and the related perspectives with regard to the energy transition, through the elaboration of a SWOT analysis, highlighting the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the municipality of Megalopolis and the regional unit of Arcadia. The analysis is based on four main pillars, namely “clean energy”, “smart agricultural production”, “sustainable tourism”, and “other (e.g., industry, technology, and education)”. The integration of the “Energy Efficiency First” principle, the mitigation of household energy poverty (especially in a region with district heating installations), and collectively driven energy actions for engaging and empowering younger generations (e.g., in the form of next-generation energy communities) are among the solutions that are expected to have a significant contribution towards Megalopolis’ just energy transition.

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Vangelis Marinakis; Alexandros Flamos; Giorgos Stamtsis; Ioannis Georgizas; Yannis Maniatis; Haris Doukas. The Efforts Towards and Challenges of Greece’s Post-Lignite Era: The Case of Megalopolis. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10575 .

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Vangelis Marinakis, Alexandros Flamos, Giorgos Stamtsis, Ioannis Georgizas, Yannis Maniatis, Haris Doukas. The Efforts Towards and Challenges of Greece’s Post-Lignite Era: The Case of Megalopolis. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10575.

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Vangelis Marinakis; Alexandros Flamos; Giorgos Stamtsis; Ioannis Georgizas; Yannis Maniatis; Haris Doukas. 2020. "The Efforts Towards and Challenges of Greece’s Post-Lignite Era: The Case of Megalopolis." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10575.

Editorial
Published: 01 December 2020 in Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy
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Haris Doukas; Annela Anger-Kraavi. Editorial of special issue on transdisciplinary science in energy transitions: thinking outside strictly formalized modeling boxes. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy 2020, 15, 453 -454.

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Haris Doukas, Annela Anger-Kraavi. Editorial of special issue on transdisciplinary science in energy transitions: thinking outside strictly formalized modeling boxes. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy. 2020; 15 (10-12):453-454.

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Haris Doukas; Annela Anger-Kraavi. 2020. "Editorial of special issue on transdisciplinary science in energy transitions: thinking outside strictly formalized modeling boxes." Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy 15, no. 10-12: 453-454.

Journal article
Published: 27 October 2020 in Energy
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Europe’s capacity to explore the envisaged pathways that achieve its near- and long-term energy and climate objectives needs to be significantly enhanced. In this perspective, we discuss how this capacity is supported by energy and climate-economy models, and how international modelling teams are organised within structured communication channels and consortia as well as coordinate multi-model analyses to provide robust scientific evidence. Noting the lack of such a dedicated channel for the highly active yet currently fragmented European modelling landscape, we highlight the importance of transparency of modelling capabilities and processes, harmonisation of modelling parameters, disclosure of input and output datasets, interlinkages among models of different geographic granularity, and employment of models that transcend the highly harmonised core of tools used in model inter-comparisons. Finally, drawing from the COVID-19 pandemic, we discuss the need to expand the modelling comfort zone, by exploring extreme scenarios, disruptive innovations, and questions that transcend the energy and climate goals across the sustainability spectrum. A comprehensive and comprehensible multi-model framework offers a real example of “collective” science diplomacy, as an instrument to further support the ambitious goals of the EU Green Deal, in compliance with the EU claim to responsible research.

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A. Nikas; A. Gambhir; E. Trutnevyte; K. Koasidis; H. Lund; J.Z. Thellufsen; D. Mayer; G. Zachmann; L.J. Miguel; N. Ferreras-Alonso; I. Sognnaes; G.P. Peters; E. Colombo; M. Howells; A. Hawkes; M. Van Den Broek; D.J. Van de Ven; M. Gonzalez-Eguino; A. Flamos; H. Doukas. Perspective of comprehensive and comprehensible multi-model energy and climate science in Europe. Energy 2020, 215, 119153 .

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A. Nikas, A. Gambhir, E. Trutnevyte, K. Koasidis, H. Lund, J.Z. Thellufsen, D. Mayer, G. Zachmann, L.J. Miguel, N. Ferreras-Alonso, I. Sognnaes, G.P. Peters, E. Colombo, M. Howells, A. Hawkes, M. Van Den Broek, D.J. Van de Ven, M. Gonzalez-Eguino, A. Flamos, H. Doukas. Perspective of comprehensive and comprehensible multi-model energy and climate science in Europe. Energy. 2020; 215 ():119153.

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A. Nikas; A. Gambhir; E. Trutnevyte; K. Koasidis; H. Lund; J.Z. Thellufsen; D. Mayer; G. Zachmann; L.J. Miguel; N. Ferreras-Alonso; I. Sognnaes; G.P. Peters; E. Colombo; M. Howells; A. Hawkes; M. Van Den Broek; D.J. Van de Ven; M. Gonzalez-Eguino; A. Flamos; H. Doukas. 2020. "Perspective of comprehensive and comprehensible multi-model energy and climate science in Europe." Energy 215, no. : 119153.

Perspective
Published: 20 October 2020 in Energies
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Massive deployment of renewables is considered as a decisive step in most countries’ climate efforts. However, at the local scale, it is also perceived by many as a threat to their rich and diverse natural environment. With this perspective, we argue that this green versus green pseudo-dilemma highlights how crucial a broad societal buy-in is. New, transparent, participatory processes and mechanisms that are oriented toward social licensing can now be employed. A novel, integrative research agenda must orbit around co-creation to enable and promote resource co-management and co-ownership where possible, with increased consensus.

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Haris Doukas; Alexandros Nikas; Giorgos Stamtsis; Ioannis Tsipouridis. The Green Versus Green Trap and a Way Forward. Energies 2020, 13, 5473 .

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Haris Doukas, Alexandros Nikas, Giorgos Stamtsis, Ioannis Tsipouridis. The Green Versus Green Trap and a Way Forward. Energies. 2020; 13 (20):5473.

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Haris Doukas; Alexandros Nikas; Giorgos Stamtsis; Ioannis Tsipouridis. 2020. "The Green Versus Green Trap and a Way Forward." Energies 13, no. 20: 5473.

Review
Published: 23 September 2020 in Energies
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Industrial processes are associated with high amounts of energy consumed and greenhouse gases emitted, stressing the urgent need for low-carbon sectoral transitions. This research reviews the energy-intensive iron and steel, cement and chemicals industries of Germany and the United Kingdom, two major emitting countries with significant activity, yet with different recent orientation. Our socio-technical analysis, based on the Sectoral Innovation Systems and the Systems Failure framework, aims to capture existing and potential drivers of or barriers to diffusion of sustainable industrial technologies and extract implications for policy. Results indicate that actor structures and inconsistent policies have limited low-carbon innovation. A critical factor for the successful decarbonisation of German industry lies in overcoming lobbying and resistance to technological innovation caused by strong networks. By contrast, a key to UK industrial decarbonisation is to drive innovation and investment in the context of an industry in decline and in light of Brexit-related uncertainty.

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Konstantinos Koasidis; Alexandros Nikas; Hera Neofytou; Anastasios Karamaneas; Ajay Gambhir; Jakob Wachsmuth; Haris Doukas. The UK and German Low-Carbon Industry Transitions from a Sectoral Innovation and System Failures Perspective. Energies 2020, 13, 4994 .

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Konstantinos Koasidis, Alexandros Nikas, Hera Neofytou, Anastasios Karamaneas, Ajay Gambhir, Jakob Wachsmuth, Haris Doukas. The UK and German Low-Carbon Industry Transitions from a Sectoral Innovation and System Failures Perspective. Energies. 2020; 13 (19):4994.

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Konstantinos Koasidis; Alexandros Nikas; Hera Neofytou; Anastasios Karamaneas; Ajay Gambhir; Jakob Wachsmuth; Haris Doukas. 2020. "The UK and German Low-Carbon Industry Transitions from a Sectoral Innovation and System Failures Perspective." Energies 13, no. 19: 4994.

Perspective
Published: 21 September 2020 in Energy Research & Social Science
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Quantitative systems modelling in support of climate policy has tended to focus more on the supply side in assessing interactions among technology, economy, environment, policy and society. By contrast, the demand side is usually underrepresented, often emphasising technological options for energy efficiency improvements. In this perspective, we argue that scientific support to climate action is not only about exploring capacity of “what”, in terms of policy and outcome, but also about assessing feasibility and desirability, in terms of “when”, “where” and especially for “whom”. Without the necessary behavioural and societal transformations, the world faces an inadequate response to the climate crisis challenge. This could result from poor uptake of low-carbon technologies, continued high-carbon intensive lifestyles, or economy-wide rebound effects. For this reason, we propose a framing for a holistic and transdisciplinary perspective on the role of human choices and behaviours in influencing the low-carbon transition, starting from the desires of individuals and communities, and analysing how these interact with the energy and economic landscape, leading to systemic change at the macro-level. In making a case for a political ecology agenda, we expand our scope, from comprehending the role of societal acceptance and uptake of end-use technologies, to co-developing knowledge with citizens from non-mainstream and marginalised communities, and to defining the modelling requirements to assess the decarbonisation potential of shifting lifestyle patterns in climate change and action.

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Alexandros Nikas; Jenny Lieu; Alevgul Sorman; Ajay Gambhir; Ethemcan Turhan; Bianca Vienni Baptista; Haris Doukas. The desirability of transitions in demand: Incorporating behavioural and societal transformations into energy modelling. Energy Research & Social Science 2020, 70, 101780 -101780.

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Alexandros Nikas, Jenny Lieu, Alevgul Sorman, Ajay Gambhir, Ethemcan Turhan, Bianca Vienni Baptista, Haris Doukas. The desirability of transitions in demand: Incorporating behavioural and societal transformations into energy modelling. Energy Research & Social Science. 2020; 70 ():101780-101780.

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Alexandros Nikas; Jenny Lieu; Alevgul Sorman; Ajay Gambhir; Ethemcan Turhan; Bianca Vienni Baptista; Haris Doukas. 2020. "The desirability of transitions in demand: Incorporating behavioural and societal transformations into energy modelling." Energy Research & Social Science 70, no. : 101780-101780.

Review
Published: 20 July 2020 in Sustainability
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Transport is associated with high amounts of energy consumed and greenhouse gases emitted. Most transport means operate using fossil fuels, creating the urgent need for a rapid transformation of the sector. In this research, we examine the transport systems of Norway and Canada, two countries with similar shares of greenhouse gas emissions from transport and powerful oil industries operating within their boundaries. Our socio-technical analysis, based on the Sectoral Innovation Systems approach, attempts to identify the elements enabling Norway to become one of the leaders in the diffusion of electric vehicles, as well as the differences pacing down progress in Canada. By utilising the System Failure framework to compare the two systems, bottlenecks hindering the decarbonisation of the two transport systems are identified. Results indicate that the effectiveness of Norway’s policy is exaggerated and has led to recent spillover effects towards green shipping. The activity of oil companies, regional and federal legislative disputes in Canada and the lack of sincere efforts from system actors to address challenges lead to non-drastic greenhouse gas emission reductions, despite significant policy efforts from both countries. Insights into the effectiveness of previously implemented policies and the evolution of the two sectoral systems can help draw lessons towards sustainable transport.

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Konstantinos Koasidis; Anastasios Karamaneas; Alexandros Nikas; Hera Neofytou; Erlend A. T. Hermansen; Kathleen Vaillancourt; Haris Doukas. Many Miles to Paris: A Sectoral Innovation System Analysis of the Transport Sector in Norway and Canada in Light of the Paris Agreement. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5832 .

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Konstantinos Koasidis, Anastasios Karamaneas, Alexandros Nikas, Hera Neofytou, Erlend A. T. Hermansen, Kathleen Vaillancourt, Haris Doukas. Many Miles to Paris: A Sectoral Innovation System Analysis of the Transport Sector in Norway and Canada in Light of the Paris Agreement. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (14):5832.

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Konstantinos Koasidis; Anastasios Karamaneas; Alexandros Nikas; Hera Neofytou; Erlend A. T. Hermansen; Kathleen Vaillancourt; Haris Doukas. 2020. "Many Miles to Paris: A Sectoral Innovation System Analysis of the Transport Sector in Norway and Canada in Light of the Paris Agreement." Sustainability 12, no. 14: 5832.

Journal article
Published: 04 April 2020 in Sustainability
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The emerging need to tackle climate change and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions has led to the consolidation of interest in renewable energy sources (RES) setting specific targets in the European area. To achieve the ambitious targets set, Member States are given the opportunity to cooperate with one or more of their developing neighboring countries. The aim of this paper is to develop a methodological framework based on the combination of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (Fuzzy TOPSIS) methods for adopting the most appropriate strategic plan, in order to establish a successful energy cooperation that will create beneficial conditions for all the involved parties. The results could be important in facilitating decision makers to assess the role and design of this cooperation mechanism. Key insights will also emerge with regards to opportunities for energy strategy cooperation between Europe and its neighboring countries.

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Aikaterini Papapostolou; Charikleia Karakosta; Georgios Apostolidis; Haris Doukas. An AHP-SWOT-Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach for Achieving a Cross-Border RES Cooperation. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2886 .

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Aikaterini Papapostolou, Charikleia Karakosta, Georgios Apostolidis, Haris Doukas. An AHP-SWOT-Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach for Achieving a Cross-Border RES Cooperation. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2886.

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Aikaterini Papapostolou; Charikleia Karakosta; Georgios Apostolidis; Haris Doukas. 2020. "An AHP-SWOT-Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach for Achieving a Cross-Border RES Cooperation." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2886.

Journal article
Published: 12 March 2020 in Energy Policy
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Towards the fulfilment of Paris Agreement, European Union aims to achieve a set of ambitious climate and energy targets, with energy efficiency pillar having the protagonist role. The paper proposes a multi-perspective approach towards designing a balanced, realistic and cost-optimal energy efficiency policy portfolio, in the extended framework of the NECP, taking into account a set of targets, constraints, particularities and political priorities. In this respect, going from measures to policies, the proposed methodology achieves to design an optimal energy efficiency portfolio, balancing the scale between the diversification of different financial sources and the associated risk. The proposed methodology is applied for supporting the Greek NECP. Greek State has declared its financial limitations towards the fulfillment of its EE targets. The results of the application show that the mobilisation of additional public-private co-investments, through the use of appropriate financial mechanisms, appears to be a feasible model, and reveals a high cost effectiveness improvement potential against the existing policies.

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Nikolaos Gkonis; Apostolos Arsenopoulos; Athina Stamatiou; Haris Doukas. Multi-perspective design of energy efficiency policies under the framework of national energy and climate action plans. Energy Policy 2020, 140, 111401 .

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Nikolaos Gkonis, Apostolos Arsenopoulos, Athina Stamatiou, Haris Doukas. Multi-perspective design of energy efficiency policies under the framework of national energy and climate action plans. Energy Policy. 2020; 140 ():111401.

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Nikolaos Gkonis; Apostolos Arsenopoulos; Athina Stamatiou; Haris Doukas. 2020. "Multi-perspective design of energy efficiency policies under the framework of national energy and climate action plans." Energy Policy 140, no. : 111401.

Editorial
Published: 01 February 2020 in Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy
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Haris Doukas; Vangelis Marinakis. Energy poverty alleviation: effective policies, best practices and innovative schemes. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy 2020, 15, 45 -48.

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Haris Doukas, Vangelis Marinakis. Energy poverty alleviation: effective policies, best practices and innovative schemes. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy. 2020; 15 (2):45-48.

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Haris Doukas; Vangelis Marinakis. 2020. "Energy poverty alleviation: effective policies, best practices and innovative schemes." Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy 15, no. 2: 45-48.

Chapter
Published: 31 August 2019 in Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice
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The workshop “Smart Energy Cities and EU GCC Cooperation Opportunities” took place on Tuesday, 31 July 2018 within the framework of World Renewable Energy Congress 2018 (WREC 2018) and was chaired by Dr. Haris Doukas—Network’s Research Collaboration Specialist. The workshop dealt with Smart Energy Cities (SEC) which are expected to play a key role in the efforts towards low-carbon economies in both regions, EU and GCC.

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Haris Doukas. Workshop “Smart Energy Cities and EU GCC Cooperation Opportunities” Within the WREC 2018. Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice 2019, 461 -464.

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Haris Doukas. Workshop “Smart Energy Cities and EU GCC Cooperation Opportunities” Within the WREC 2018. Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice. 2019; ():461-464.

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Haris Doukas. 2019. "Workshop “Smart Energy Cities and EU GCC Cooperation Opportunities” Within the WREC 2018." Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice , no. : 461-464.

Journal article
Published: 24 July 2019 in Sustainability
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The European Union (EU) aims to prepare its strategy and infrastructure for further decarbonisation of its energy system in the longer term towards 2050. Recent political discussions and research interest focus on ways to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies with respect to the targets set for 2030 and 2050. However, the diverse options available that are to be implemented, are policy sensitive and need careful comparative assessment. This paper presents a multi-criteria approach based on an extension of the Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE) method for group decision-making that incorporates fuzzy set theory in order to evaluate alternative transformation pathways for achieving a sustainable energy system in EU. This assessment aims at providing a direction towards a most preferable pathway concept that should be taken into account by a future model-based analysis of the necessary transformation of our energy sector. The results obtained could support policymakers in drawing effective recommendations based on the findings. The added value of this analysis to policymakers is its contribution to plan climate and energy strategies towards a low-carbon transition pathway by using the information of this approach and prioritizing uncertainties through an environmental and energy perspective.

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Aikaterini Papapostolou; Charikleia Karakosta; Kalliopi-Anastasia Kourti; Haris Doukas; John Psarras. Supporting Europe’s Energy Policy Towards a Decarbonised Energy System: A Comparative Assessment. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4010 .

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Aikaterini Papapostolou, Charikleia Karakosta, Kalliopi-Anastasia Kourti, Haris Doukas, John Psarras. Supporting Europe’s Energy Policy Towards a Decarbonised Energy System: A Comparative Assessment. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (15):4010.

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Aikaterini Papapostolou; Charikleia Karakosta; Kalliopi-Anastasia Kourti; Haris Doukas; John Psarras. 2019. "Supporting Europe’s Energy Policy Towards a Decarbonised Energy System: A Comparative Assessment." Sustainability 11, no. 15: 4010.

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Published: 15 February 2019 in Utilities Policy
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Here, an integrative approach is proposed to link integrated assessment modelling results from the GCAM model with a novel portfolio analysis framework. This framework comprises a bi-objective optimisation model, Monte Carlo analysis and the Iterative Trichotomic Approach, aimed at carrying out stochastic uncertainty assessment and enhancing robustness. The approach is applied for identifying optimal technological portfolios for power generation in the EU towards climate change mitigation until 2050. The considered technologies include photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, nuclear, biomass and carbon capture and storage, for which different subsidy curves for emissions reduction and energy security are considered.

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Aikaterini Forouli; Haris Doukas; Alexandros Nikas; Jon Sampedro; Dirk-Jan Van de Ven. Identifying optimal technological portfolios for European power generation towards climate change mitigation: A robust portfolio analysis approach. Utilities Policy 2019, 57, 33 -42.

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Aikaterini Forouli, Haris Doukas, Alexandros Nikas, Jon Sampedro, Dirk-Jan Van de Ven. Identifying optimal technological portfolios for European power generation towards climate change mitigation: A robust portfolio analysis approach. Utilities Policy. 2019; 57 ():33-42.

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Aikaterini Forouli; Haris Doukas; Alexandros Nikas; Jon Sampedro; Dirk-Jan Van de Ven. 2019. "Identifying optimal technological portfolios for European power generation towards climate change mitigation: A robust portfolio analysis approach." Utilities Policy 57, no. : 33-42.

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Published: 22 January 2019 in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
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In Poland, coal has been a key driver of energy security and, despite its declining role, still accounts for most of the country’s power generation mix. Transition potential for the fossil fuel-based power sector can be reflected in a heated debate between a coal-oriented, evolutionary process of slowly reducing emissions; and a more ambitious renewable energy-driven pathway. Both pathways feature barriers; some are evident in standard economic analyses, while others are not. Here, we use a bottom-up energy model to identify the optimal energy mix for the two pathways, and a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium macroeconomic model to assess their socioeconomic implications. We then employ fuzzy cognitive maps to explore which agenda appears to be favoured by stakeholders, and identify omitted risk channels associated with both pathways. Finally, based on these insights, we reiterate the modelling analyses and assess the socioeconomic implications of some of the identified risk channels.

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Marek Antosiewicz; Alexandros Nikas; Aleksander Szpor; Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks; Haris Doukas. Pathways for the transition of the Polish power sector and associated risks. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 2019, 35, 271 -291.

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Marek Antosiewicz, Alexandros Nikas, Aleksander Szpor, Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks, Haris Doukas. Pathways for the transition of the Polish power sector and associated risks. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 2019; 35 ():271-291.

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Marek Antosiewicz; Alexandros Nikas; Aleksander Szpor; Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks; Haris Doukas. 2019. "Pathways for the transition of the Polish power sector and associated risks." Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 35, no. : 271-291.