Table 2 Macro and micro levels of the five CSTEP dimensions
From: The importance of systematical analysis and evaluation methods for energy business ecosystems
Dimension | Macro-level | Micro-level |
|---|---|---|
Climate, environmental and geographic situation | Climate and geographic situation: the general weather conditions and the natural features of a place, e.g •Nature resources (e.g., wind, solar, natural gas) •Natural disasters (e.g., earthquake, tsunami) •Climate zone | Environment: the living, working or production environment or conditions e.g., •Temperature •Humidity •Lighting •CO2, •Noise, TVOC, PM2.5, etc •Pollution |
Societal culture, demographic environment | Demographic environment: the demography of an area is the number and characteristics of the people who live in an area, in relation to their age, sex, if they are married or not, etc. E.g., •Population •Gender equality •Public safety •Societal stability •Corruption •Cultural dimension •Social relations •Education | Societal culture: organizational/market/sectoral interests, concerns, beliefs, e.g., •Convenience •Uncertain avoidance •Cost–benefit acceptance •Social/ environmental welfare, security (e.g., environment concern) |
Technology (Infrastructure, facilities, technological skills, technology readiness) | •Infrastructure: the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a place uses to work effectively •Technology development capacity: The set of capacities to plan for technology transfer and development to achieve regional and national goals (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2013) | •Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) for assessing the maturity level of a particular technology (NASA 2021) •Technological skills: the knowledge and expertise needed to accomplish complex actions, tasks and processes relating to computational and physical technology |
Economy and finance | Economy relates to market, trade, industry, e.g •Employment rate •Living costs •Investments •Growth rate •Financial stability •Inflation rate | Finance relates to cost and revenue: •Cost, e.g., energy bill, labour, material (e.g. resources, raw material), maintenance (e.g., facilities), and service fees •Revenue, e.g., sales, income, compensation, Return-on-Investment |
Policies and regulation | Policy: the activities of the government, members of law-making organizations, or people who try to influence the way a country is governed, e.g., •Climate agenda/goals •Political focus areas | Regulation: an official rule or the act of controlling something, e.g •Laws •Regulations •Incentive/compensation scheme |