Table 10 Non-normalized and normalized indicator values for rooftop solar panel S-LCA
# | Stakeholder group | Indicator name | Indicator type | Scale | Desired direction | Indicator value | Units | Normalized value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Workers | Child labor involvement in any life-cycle activity | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Product or technology, national, international | No | No | Dimensionless | 1 |
2 | Local community | Community trust/approval in technology risk information | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology, sector, regional | Positive | 5 | Dimensionless | 1 |
3 | Society | Contribution of the technology to economic progress | Quantitative | Product or technology, sector, regional, national | Positive | 149,343 | Number of jobs in power generation industry | 0.69 |
4 | Society | Energy security | Quantitative | Region | Positive | 0.55 | Average 2018 direct horizontal irradiance value for the continental U.S | 0.55 |
5 | Society | Existence of government regulation on public sustainability reporting for technology | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Sector, regional or national | Yes | No | Dimensionless | 0 |
6 | Workers | Health hazard from emissions during any life-cycle activity | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology | Negative | 5 | Dimensionless | 0 |
7 | Society | Income inequalities | Quantitative | Regional | Negative | 0.49 | Gini coefficient (dimensionless) | 0.46 |
8 | Local community | Level of material resource use due to product design decisions | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology | Negative | 5 | Dimensionless | 0 |
9 | Local community | Number of individuals involuntarily relocated due to technology implementation (gentrification) | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Product or technology, sector, regional | Negative | Yes | Dimensionless | 1 |
10 | Workers | Occupational health and safety | Quantitative | Product or technology | Negative | 0.44 | Deaths per TWh for us energy industries | 0.99 |
11 | Consumer | Possibility of technology components to be reused for other purposes | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology | Positive | 5 | Dimensionless | 1 |
12 | Workers | Potential of technology to affect health and safety of workers during the end-of-life phase | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology | Negative | 5 | Dimensionless | 0 |
13 | Consumer | Presence and quality of infrastructure to dispose responsibly of product components | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Sector, regional or national | Positive | 3 | Dimensionless | 0.5 |
14 | Society | Presence and quality of programs to assist citizens with high energy burdens if technology is implemented | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Sector, regional or national | Yes | Yes | Dimensionless | 1 |
15 | Society | Presence of public agreement to sustainability using the selected technology | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Product or technology, regional | Yes | Yes | Dimensionless | 1 |
16 | Local community | Product or technology design makes use of local resources and expertise | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Product or technology | Yes | Yes | Dimensionless | 1 |
17 | Local community | Protests to the proposed technology | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Regional, national | Negative | No | Dimensionless | 1 |
18 | Local community | Extent to which the technology negatively affects the local community’s sense of place and cultural heritage | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Product or technology | Negative | No | Dimensionless | 1 |
19 | Local community | Spatial equity of technology: a fair distribution of risks and costs throughout the territory | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology, sector, regional | Positive | 3 | Dimensionless | 0.5 |
20 | Consumer | Technology is not expected to increase energy burden | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology | Positive | 4 | Dimensionless | 0.75 |
21 | Consumer | There is evidence that the product is safer than other products used for the same purpose | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology | Positive | 4 | Dimensionless | 0.75 |
22 | Consumer | Electricity consumers have a choice in the utility company that will provide the technology | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Product or technology, sector, regional | Yes | No | Dimensionless | 0 |
23 | Local community | Likeliness of community members to be displaced by a different population group | Semi-quantitative (yes/no) | Regional | Negative | No | Dimensionless | 1 |
24 | Local community | The technology is accessible and affordable to developing countries | Semi-quantitative (Likert scale) | Product or technology | Positive | 3 | Dimensionless | 0.5 |