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Environmental Engineering

Sustainable efficiency and CO2 reduction potential of China’s construction industry: application of a three-stage virtual frontier SBM-DEA model

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Pages 604-617 | Received 16 Jul 2020, Accepted 22 Dec 2020, Published online: 27 Jan 2021

Figures & data

Figure 1. The principle of virtual frontier DEA.

Figure 1. The principle of virtual frontier DEA.

Table 1. The coefficient of carbon dioxide emission of building materials

Table 2. The recovery coefficient of building materials

Table 3. Correlation matrix for inputs and outputs

Table 4. The results of traditional DEA model

Table 5. The results of virtual frontier SBM-DEA model

Table 6. The results of SFA analysis

Table 7. The results of three-stage virtual frontier SBM-DEA

Table 8. The geographical division of the PARs

Figure 2. Average sustainable efficiencies of 3 regions in China from 2011 to2016.

Figure 2. Average sustainable efficiencies of 3 regions in China from 2011 to2016.

Table 9. The CO2 emission reduction potential of all PARs (104 tons)

Figure 3. Categorizations of CO2emission reduction potential and sustainable efficiency of 30 PARs.

Figure 3. Categorizations of CO2emission reduction potential and sustainable efficiency of 30 PARs.

Table 10. The comparison of the four methods