Investigation of CO2 emission reduction and improving energy use efficiency of button mushroom production using Data Envelopment Analysis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-119

  Ebrahimi, Rahim ^a   Salehi, Marzie ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Button mushroom; GHG emission; Optimization; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

BUTTON MUSHROOM; DECISION MAKING UNIT; ENERGY USE PATTERNS; ENERGY-USE EFFICIENCY; FRONTIER ESTIMATION; GHG EMISSION; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84953370505     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.032     Document Type: Article

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