... if enough information is provided through building energy benchmarking. The study focuses on developing a framework for benchmarking the energy efficiency of residential buildings. Design/methodology/approach This study applied multiple linear regression analysis to analyse the energy use of residential...

...Helen Dion; Martin Evans Purpose The issue of energy efficiency is becoming increasingly prevalent globally due to factors such as the expansion of the population, economic growth and excessive consumption that is not sustainable in the long run. Additionally, healthcare facilities and hospitals...

... employed a radial and non-radial (slack-based measure) variant of the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to estimate the production frontier. Particularly, slack-based measures (SBMs) developed by Tone (2001) are used to get a more comprehensive measure of energy efficiency along with technical efficiency...

... is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: rpmohanty@gmail.com 23 11 2015 17 03 2016 09 04 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Data envelopment analysis Energy efficiency Monte Carlo simulation Sustainable...