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| URV's Author/s: | GUILLEN GOSALBEZ, GONZALO; Ángel Galán-Martína; Laurence Stamford; Adisa Azapagic |
| Author, as appears in the article.: | Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez; Ángel Galán-Martína; Laurence Stamford; Adisa Azapagic |
| Author identifier: | n/a; n/a; 0000-0002-0973-7338; 0000-0003-2380-918X |
| Journal publication year: | 2016 |
| Publication Type: | Article |
| ISSN: | 0098-1354 |
| Abstract: | Quantifying the level of sustainability attained by a system is a challenging task due to the need to consider a wide range of economic, environmental and social aspects simultaneously. This work explores the application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the sustainability ‘efficiency’ of a system. We propose an enhanced DEA methodology that uses the concept of ‘order of efficiency’ to compare and rank alternatives according to the extent to which they adhere to sustainability principles. The capabilities of the proposed approach are illustrated through a sustainability assessment of different technologies for electricity generation in United Kingdom. In addition to screening the alternatives based on sustainability principles, enhanced DEA provides improvement targets for the least sustainable alternatives that, if achieved, would make them more sustainable. The enhanced DEA shows clearly the ultimate distance to sustainability, helping industry and policy makers to improve the efficiency of technologies, products and policies. |
| Article's DOI: | 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2016.04.022 |
| Link to the original source: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098135416301181?via%3Dihub |
| Papper version: | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| licence for use: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
| Department: | Enginyeria Química |
| Research group: | Sustainable Computer Aided Process Engineering |
| Licence document URL: | https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/ |
| Thematic Areas: | Chemical engineering |
| Keywords: | Enhanced data envelopment analysis Sustainable development DEA (data envelopment analysis) |
| Entity: | Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| Record's date: | 2016-09-13 |
| First page: | 188 |
| Last page: | 200 |
| Journal volume: | 90 |
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