Moretti_2017 - A systematic review of environmental and economic impacts of smart grids

Basic Article Info:

Article key Moretti_2017
Title A systematic review of environmental and economic impacts of smart grids
Year 2017
Review type systematic review
Main topic Methodologies for economic and environmental evaluations of smart grids
Subjects area(s) Energy, Environment and nature, Economy and finance
Built environment scale Global / Country / Region
Application(s) Practice, Implementation, Evaluation
Geographically focused no
Prisma diagram used no
Study focus start not mentioned
Study focus end 2017
Search string not provided
No. of original sources 17
Synthesis method qualitative
Quantitative map included yes
Conflict of interest not declared specifically
Comments There is no search string mentioned in the paper.

 

Details about searches

Search sources
Search source name Source type Comments Weblink
Web of Sciences Online Database Web of Science is an online subscription-based scientific citation indexing service originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information, now maintained by Clarivate Analytics, that provides a comprehensive citation search. https://apps.webofknowledge.com
Google Scholar Online Database Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, and other scholarly literature, including court opinions and patents. https://scholar.google.com.au/
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Keywords used in search Development , Electricity , Energy Efficiency , Environmental Impacts, Green House Gas, Smart Building, Smart City, Smart Grid

 

Authorship

Authors
Name Email Organisation Address Country
Michele Moretti* michele.moretti@uhasselt.be Hasselt University, Faculty of Business Economics, Centre for Environmental Sciences Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt Belgium
Sylvestre Njakou Djomo Hasselt University, Faculty of Business Economics, Centre for Environmental Sciences Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt Belgium
Sylvestre Njakou Djomo Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology Blichers Alle 20, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele Denmark
Hossein Azadi Hasselt University, Faculty of Business Economics, Centre for Environmental Sciences Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt Belgium
Kristof May KU Leuven–EnergyVille, Department of Electrical Engineering Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3000 Leuven Belgium
Kristof De Vos KU Leuven–EnergyVille, Department of Electrical Engineering Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3000 Leuven Belgium
Steven Van Passel Hasselt University, Faculty of Business Economics, Centre for Environmental Sciences Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt Belgium
Steven Van Passel University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics, Department of Engineering Management Prinsstraat 13, B-2000 Antwerp Belgium
Nele Witters Hasselt University, Faculty of Business Economics, Centre for Environmental Sciences Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt Belgium

 

Funding

Funding sources
Funding source Address Country Funded year Comments
European INTERREG IVB North-Western Europe Programme Europe (Region)
FWO (Research Foundation Flanders) Europe (Region)


Article publication information:

Article type Journal article
Article category Text
Geographical scale International
Language English
Chapter or part
Conference date
Conference venue
Published date 2017-02-01
Edition
Issue
Journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Pagination 888-898
Peer reviewed yes
Publication place
Publisher Elsevier Ltd
School / department or centre
Series volume no.
Series title
Series sort no.
Volume 68
Website owner
Copyrights of article Elsevier Ltd.
Licences of article Open Access:
Identifiers of article DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.03.039, ISBN: 1364-0321, ISSN: 18790690


Quality assessment

Quality measure Details Score Comments
QA question 1 Are the research questions and inclusion criteria for the review clearly delineated? 1 = “Yes” = Who (Population), What (Intervention, Comparator group, Outcome), Where and When described. general but concrete description of aims
QA question 2 Did the report of the review contain an explicit statement that the review methods were established prior to the conduct of the review and did the report justify any significant deviations from the protocol? 0 = ”No” = research question and inclusion criteria not outlined in detail. not provided
QA question 3 Did the review authors explain their selection of the study designs for inclusion in the review? 0.5 = “Can’t answer / not sure / partially” =Cannot decide between “yes” and “no”, basing on the information provided in the paper. various types of quantitative studies for the scoping/mapping purpose
QA question 4 Did the review authors use a comprehensive literature search strategy? 0.5 = “Can’t answer / not sure / partially” = searched at least 2 databases (relevant to research question), provided key word and/or general search strategy, justified publication restrictions (e.g., language). 3 databases
QA question 5 Did the review authors perform study selection in duplicate? 0 =”No” = only one reviewer involved in the study selection or no description how many reviewers participated in study selection. No description how many reviewers participated
QA question 6 Did the review authors perform data extraction in duplicate? 0 =”No” = only one reviewer involved in the study selection or no description how many reviewers participated in data extraction. No description how many reviewers participated
QA question 7 Did the review authors provide a list of excluded studies and justify the exclusions? 0 =”No” = No list of studies excluded at a full-text stage. not provided
QA question 8 Did the review authors describe the included studies in adequate detail? 1 = “Yes” = ALL the following: Who (Population), What (Intervention, Comparator group, Outcome), Where and When described in detail. Table 1
QA question 9 Did the review authors use a satisfactory technique for assessing the risk of bias (RoB) in individual studies that were included in the review? 0 =”No” = no mention of RoB assessment of individual included studies. not provided
QA question 10 Did the review authors report on the sources of funding for the studies included in the review? 0 =”No” = no report of the sources of funding for individual studies included in the review. not provided
QA question 11 If meta-analysis was performed did the review authors use appropriate methods for statistical combination of results? N/A no meta-analysis
QA question 12 If meta-analysis was performed, did the review authors assess the potential impact of RoB in individual studies on the results of the meta-analysis or other evidence synthesis? N/A no meta-analysis
QA question 13 Did the review authors account for RoB in individual studies when interpreting/ discussing the results of the review? 0 =”No” = no discussion of the potential impact of RoB in individual studies. not provided
QA question 14 Did the review authors provide a satisfactory explanation for, and discussion of, any heterogeneity observed in the results of the review? 1 = “Yes” = There was no significant heterogeneity in the results OR if heterogeneity was present the authors performed an investigation of sources of any heterogeneity in the results and discussed the impact of this on the results of the review. general discussion
QA question 15 If they performed quantitative synthesis did the review authors carry out an adequate investigation of publication bias (small study bias) and discuss its likely impact on the results of the review? N/A no meta-analysis
QA question 16 Did the review authors report any potential sources of conflict of interest, including any funding they received for conducting the review? 1 = “Yes” = The authors reported no competing interests OR the authors described their funding sources and how they managed potential conflicts of interest. Funding sources disclosed in "Acknowledgements"
Quality index Overall rating (Quality Index) assigned to each SR, highlighting whether major concerns arose during quality assessment that may affect overall conclusions of a SR: A = Minimal flaws; B = Some flaws; C = Major flaws in many aspects of the review. B no protocol, some details missing, some bias might be present
Suggested review type Actual review type:systematic map, systematic review, rapid review, scoping review, narrative review, etc. rapid review N/A
Risk of bias level How likely are the main conclusions of the review to be biased? Basing on review type and quality index and quality_index_comment assign: high moderate or low risk? medium no protocol, some details missing, some bias might be present