Monitoring and Evaluating the Status of Energy Indicators for Sustainable Development in Iran in Three Areas: Social, Economic, and Environmental

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1 PhD Student in Environmental Management- Environmental Economics, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/eiap.2023.179292

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The main purpose of this study is to investigate and evaluate the status of energy indicators for sustainable development in Iran in three areas: social, economic, and environmental. For this study, energy indicators for sustainable development have been studied and calculated based on the method introduced by the International Atomic Energy Agency. In this method, 30 indicators in three areas of social (4 indicators), economic (16 indicators), and environmental (10 indicators) are introduced. The research method in this study was applied in terms of purpose and library (documentary) and field (qualitative and quantitative) in terms of collecting statistics and information. The statistical population of the research in the stage of identifying and measuring energy sustainability indicators was experts in the field of energy and environment. Out of 30 energy indicators for sustainable development, according to experts, 17 indicators were selected as the final energy indicators for sustainable development in Iran (2 social indicators, 11 economic indicators, 4 environmental indicators) and 13 indicators due to lack of statistics were deleted. The amount and size of each of the indicators were measured and evaluated separately. Regarding the status of the indicators, the results obtained indicate that: The status of electricity access indicators and the share of household income paid for electricity is favorable. Also, the status of the indicators of the ratio of reserves to production, areas whose acidity is too critical and the ratio of radioactive solid waste to the unit of energy produced is relatively favorable. Status of other indicators, including: per capita energy consumption, the ratio of resources to production, the intensity of energy consumption in industry, agriculture, services, households, and transportation, the share of fuel in energy and electricity, the share of non-carbon energy in energy and electricity, the share of renewable energy in energy and concentration of air pollution in urban areas are undesirable.   
 

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