An Energy Efficiency Oriented Analytic Network Process for Intelligent Buildings Assessment

This paper presents a multicriteria decision-making model for lifespan energy efficiencyoriented intelligent buildings (IBs) assessment. The model called IBAssessor isdeveloped using the theory of analytic network process (ANP) method, and a set oflifespan performance indicators, which are selected by a new quantitative approach calledenergy-time use index (ETI). In order to improve the quality of decision-making, theauthors of this paper make use of previous research achievements including a lifespansustainable business model, the Asian IB index, and a number of relevant publications.Practitioners can use the IBAssessor ANP model at different life-cycle stages ofintelligent buildings for either engineering or business oriented assessments. Finally, anexperimental case study is used to demonstrate how to use IBAssessor model to solvereal-world design tasks.