An integrated data envelopment analysis and life cycle assessment method for performance measurement in green construction management

The construction industry routinely extracts vast quantities of materials and releases deleterious pollutant emissions to the biosphere. In this study, we propose an integrated data envelopment analysis (DEA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) method to measure the performance of eco-friendly building...

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Published inEnvironmental science and pollution research international Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 664 - 682
Main Authors Tavana, Madjid, Izadikhah, Mohammad, Farzipoor Saen, Reza, Zare, Ramin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Animals
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Biosphere
Building materials
Construction Industry
Construction management
Construction Materials
Data analysis
Data envelopment analysis
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental impact
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental Pollutants
Environmental science
Factor analysis
Flooring
Green buildings
Green development
Impact analysis
Life cycle analysis
Life cycle assessment
Life Cycle Stages
Life cycles
Performance evaluation
Performance measurement
Pollutants
Research Article
Sustainability
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Life cycle assessment
Green flooring system
Green construction management
Super-efficiency
Enhanced Russell model
Data envelopment analysis
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Summary:The construction industry routinely extracts vast quantities of materials and releases deleterious pollutant emissions to the biosphere. In this study, we propose an integrated data envelopment analysis (DEA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) method to measure the performance of eco-friendly building materials in green construction management. Initially, we use the LCA method and environmental impact analysis to identify alternative green flooring systems and relevant sustainability criteria. We then use factor analysis to further evaluate these criteria and choose the most significant sustainability factors. Finally, a DEA model and a new enhanced Russell model (ERM) is proposed to measure the performance of the green flooring systems with factor analysis.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-020-10353-7