Measuring energy consumption efficiency of the construction industry: The case of China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 509-515

  Xue, Xiaolong ^a   Wu, Hengqin ^a   Zhang, Xiaoling ^b   Dai, Jason ^c   Su, Chang ^d  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c FLUOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^d North China Pearl River Investment Stock Company Department of Investment and Development Center   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese construction; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Energy; Malmquist productivity index; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING UNIT; EFFICIENCY FRONTIERS; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84942982149     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.04.082     Document Type: Article

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