%0 Conference Proceedings %T A New Approach to Provide Sustainable Solutions for Residential Sector %+ Universidade de Aveiro %+ University of Beira Interior [Portugal] (UBI) %+ Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL) %+ Centre of Technology and Systems (CTS) %A Santos, Ricardo %A Matias, João %A Abreu, António %Z Part 10: Energy Markets %< avec comité de lecture %( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology %B 10th Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS) %C Costa de Caparica, Portugal %Y Luis M. Camarinha-Matos %Y Ricardo Almeida %Y José Oliveira %I Springer International Publishing %3 Technological Innovation for Industry and Service Systems %V AICT-553 %P 329-342 %8 2019-05-08 %D 2019 %R 10.1007/978-3-030-17771-3_29 %K Energy efficiency %K Electrical appliances %K Life cycle cost analysis %K Multi-Attribute Value Theory (MAVT) %K Multi-objective optimization %K Evolutionary algorithms %Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers %X An energy-efficient appliance normally presents a lower energy consumption compared to a less efficient one, with a higher initial investment, although this not always happens. Additionally, each appliance, presents very different features, leading to some difficulties on its choice by the consumer (decision-agent).On the other hand, each consumer, has specific and distinguished needs from other consumers, namely of social, economic or environmental nature. Even by adopting these criteria, this is not an isolated guarantee of an optimal solution for the consumer. It is then necessary to complement this approach with multicriteria, combined with optimization techniques. Evolutionary Algorithms (EA), could be used as an optimization technique, to provide sustainable solutions to the consumer, from the market. In this paper, it’s presented an approach that integrates both concepts, where at the end, it shall be presented a case study, to demonstrate the application of the proposed method. %G English %Z TC 5 %Z WG 5.5 %2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-02295255/document %2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-02295255/file/483289_1_En_29_Chapter.pdf %L hal-02295255 %U https://inria.hal.science/hal-02295255 %~ IFIP %~ IFIP-AICT %~ IFIP-TC %~ IFIP-TC5 %~ IFIP-WG %~ IFIP-WG5-5 %~ IFIP-DOCEIS %~ IFIP-AICT-553