ISD: A New Methodological Approach for Measuring the Sustainability of the German Energy System

Table 2

Results of the index of sustainable development in the energy sector.

Calculation of the index of sustainable development in the energy sector
	Equal indicator method		Equal pillar method
	SSC	SSSC	SSC	SSSC
Economic
Energy productivity	0.881	0.881	0.881	0.881
Energy raw material productivity	0.520	0.520	0.520	0.520
Renewable energy
on primary energy production	0.895	0.895	0.895	0.895
on electricity consumption	0.930	0.930	0.930	0.930
Transport intensity
Passenger traffic	0.983	0.983	0.983	0.983
Goods traffic	0.925	0.925	0.925	0.925
Total	5.134	5.134	5.134	5.134
Total ISD economic	0.856	0.856	0.856	0.856
Social
Employment	1.330	1.000	1.330	1.000
Total ISD social	1.330	1.000	1.330	1.000
Ecological
CO2	0.920	0.920	0.920	0.920
NOx	0.970	0.970	0.970	0.970
SO2	1.550	1.000	1.550	1.000
CO	1.180	1.000	1.180	1.000
Fine dust	3.096	1.000	3.096	1.000
NMVOC	1.180	1.000	1.180	1.000
NH3	0.870	0.870	0.870	0.870
Air quality	0.960	0.960	0.960	0.960
Total	10.726	7.720	10.73	7.72
Total ISD ecological	1.341	0.965	1.341	0.965
Total	17.1899	13.8542	17.1899	13.8542
Total ISD	1.1460	0.9236	1.1755	0.9402
				IEF-STE 2011