Sustainable refrigeration technology selection: An innovative DEA-TOPSIS hybrid model
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27510%2F24%3A10257034" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27510/24:10257034 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146290112400114X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146290112400114X?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103780" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103780</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Sustainable refrigeration technology selection: An innovative DEA-TOPSIS hybrid model
Original language description
This study proposes a novel multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) framework aimed at selecting refrigeration technologies that are both carbon- and energy-efficient, aligning with the UK's net-zero policies and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Addressing the challenge of a limited number of competing technologies and the need to incorporate diverse stakeholders' perspectives, we design a hybrid DEA-TOPSIS approach utilizing the Feasible Super-Efficiency Slacks-Based Algorithm (FSESBA). FSESBA proves invaluable, especially in scenarios involving super-efficiency or efficiency trend measurement, where addressing undesirable factors may lead to the well-known infeasibility problem. While we establish the theoretical soundness of the DEA-TOPSIS model, we validate the efficacy of our proposed approach through comparative analysis with conventional methods. Subsequently, we evaluate the choices of present and upcoming refrigeration technologies at a leading UK supermarket. Our findings reveal a shift from prevalent HFO-based technologies in 2020 to CO2-based technologies by 2050, attributed to their lower energy usage and GHG emissions. In addition, maintaining current refrigeration systems could contribute to achieving international and national targets to decrease F-Gas refrigerant usage, although net-zero targets will remain out of reach. In summary, our research findings underscore the potential of the introduced model to reinforce the adoption of novel refrigeration system technology, offering valuable support for the UK SDGs taskforces and net-zero policy formulation.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50200 - Economics and Business
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environmental Science and Policy
ISSN
1462-9011
e-ISSN
1873-6416
Volume of the periodical
158
Issue of the periodical within the volume
August
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
103780
UT code for WoS article
001264062800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85193972749