Sustainable provision of school buildings in the Netherlands: An empirical productivity analysis of local government school building operations

Blank, J.L.T.

doi:10.3390/su13169138

Sustainable provision of school buildings in the Netherlands

Title

Sustainable provision of school buildings in the Netherlands: An empirical productivity analysis of local government school building operations

Author

Blank, J.L.T. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation)

Date

2021

Abstract

Building operations and construction are responsible for a large part of global energy use and carbon dioxide emissions. In this paper, we present an analysis of the efficiency and productivity of the provision of school buildings by Dutch municipalities. A cost function is estimated for the years 2005–2016 using stochastic frontier methods based on data of Dutch municipalities. The results indicate that inefficiency and unproductiveness are substantial. The provision of school buildings on a more appropriate scale, detailed performance benchmarking and including more incentives for innovative behaviour may result in a more sustainable provision of school buildings and less energy use and emission of carbon dioxide.

Subject

Carbon dioxide
Efficiency
Local government
Performance benchmarking
Productivity
School buildings
Sustainability

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169138

ISSN

2071-1050

Source

Sustainability, 13 (16)

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