Socioeconomics of Energy

Main Lines of Investigation:

• Research in Socioeconomic Analysis in Energy and sustainability: 
  • Socio-economic studies in the field of energy and natural resources
  • Energy Poverty and Vulnerable Consumers
  • Energy markets and climate finance
  • Analysis and calculation of economic and financial impact of renewable energy
  • Research in Feasibility and impact analysis of investments in the energy field
  • LCC: Life Cycle Costing
  • EMA: Environmental Management Accounting
  • MFCA: Material Flow Cost Accounting
  • Characterization and measurement through multi-sector indicators
  • EXTERNALITY calculation methodology
  • Application of the employment impact methodologies
  • Research of collaborative environments in the Science, Technology and Society System
  • Analysis of innovative energy technologies to reduce emissions in companies and Accountability
• Innovation research for sustainability in Business and Eco-innovation.
• R&D in measurement systems, design and application of indicators in the energy field.
• R&D for the evaluation of energy aspects in environmental and development projects.
• Socioeconomic analysis in the use of resources and its relationship with the territory.
• Design and application of impact analysis methodologies.
• Actions aimed at the end user in international and cooperation projects
• Research in technologies to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere through capture, storage and transport.
• SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY: 
  • Research on Sustainable Urban Mobility
  • Investigation of the social and economic impact associated with mobility
  • Design of calculation and analysis tools for the impact of mobility
  • Socio-economic studies on the implementation of electric mobility and its supply networks.
  • Analysis of the energy and socio-economic impact associated with different integrated mobility strategies.

• Eco-innovation and Sustainability 

  • Circular Economy
  • Investigation of "green" sectors.
  • Social and economic impact of eco-efficiency and energy efficiency.
  • Development of eco-innovation measurement analysis tools.
  • Design and analysis of macro-indicators and meso-indicators.
  • Characterization of sectors for the analysis of energy and socio-economic impact.