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Alarcón, L F, Rodríguez, A and Mourgues, C (2012) Impact of Machine-Failure Costs on Equipment Replacement Policies: Tunneling Company Case Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 767–74.
Deshpande, A S, Salem, O M and Miller, R A (2012) Analysis of the Higher-Order Partial Correlation between CII Best Practices and Performance of the Design Phase in Fast-Track Industrial Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 716–24.
Hegazy, T and Menesi, W (2012) Heuristic Method for Satisfying Both Deadlines and Resource Constraints. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 688–96.
Koo, K and Park, S (2012) GA-Based Fuel-Efficient Transfer Path Selection Model for Delivering Construction Materials. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 725–32.
Oates, D and Sullivan, K T (2012) Postoccupancy Energy Consumption Survey of Arizona’s LEED New Construction Population. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 742–50.
Petroutsatou, K, Georgopoulos, E, Lambropoulos, S and Pantouvakis, J P (2012) Early Cost Estimating of Road Tunnel Construction Using Neural Networks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 679–87.
Ranasinghe, U, Ruwanpura, J and Liu, X (2012) Streamlining the Construction Productivity Improvement Process with the Proposed Role of a Construction Productivity Improvement Officer. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 697–706.
San Cristóbal, J R (2012) Contractor Selection Using Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 751–8.
Sing, C, Love, P E D and Tam, C M (2012) Stock-Flow Model for Forecasting Labor Supply. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 707–15.
Tatari, O and Kucukvar, M (2012) Eco-Efficiency of Construction Materials: Data Envelopment Analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 733–41.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Construction materials; Sustainable development; Data analysis; Computer programming; Eco-efficiency; Sustainable development; Data envelopment analysis; Linear programming;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000484
- Abstract:
Sustainability assessment tools are critical in the process of achieving sustainable development. Eco-efficiency has emerged as a practical concept that combines environmental and economic performance indicators to measure the sustainability performance of different product alternatives. In this paper, an analytical tool that can be used to assess the eco-efficiency of construction materials is developed. This tool evaluates the eco-efficiency of construction materials by using data envelopment analysis, a linear programming-based mathematical approach. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and life-cycle cost (LCC) are utilized to derive the eco-efficiency ratios, and data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to rank material alternatives. Developed mathematical models are assessed by selecting the most eco-efficient exterior wall finish for a building. Percent improvement analysis was carried out to investigate target environmental effect categories that need more reduction to reach 100% eco-efficiency. Through this study, the goal is to show that DEA-based eco-efficiency assessment model could be used to evaluate alternative construction materials and offer vital guidance for decision makers during material selection.
Wang, C, Liu, M, Hsiang, S M and Leming, M L (2012) Causes and Penalties of Variation: Case Study of a Precast Concrete Slab Production Facility. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 775–85.
Xie, H, AbouRizk, S and Zou, J (2012) Quantitative Method for Updating Cost Contingency throughout Project Execution. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(06), 759–66.