A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Framework for Prioritizing and Overcoming Sectoral Barriers in Converting Agricultural Residues to a Building Material

Dragan Pamučar, Masoud Behzad (), Miljojko Janosevic and Claudia Andrea Aburto Araneda
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Dragan Pamučar: Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Masoud Behzad: School of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 46383, Chile
Miljojko Janosevic: Military Medical Academy, 17 Crnotravska St., 11040 Belgrade, Serbia
Claudia Andrea Aburto Araneda: School of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 46383, Chile

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 21, 1-16

Abstract: Biological products utilization are increasingly encouraged in different sectors such as building construction to facilitate moving towards a circular economy. However, this task is facing several barriers in supply chain and construction sectors. This study identified common barriers in converting agricultural residues to building materials and products in the agriculture sector, transportation, and manufacturing, as well as construction and operation phases in the building sector. The feasibility level to overcome the barriers has been scored. In addition, the barriers and sectors have been prioritized through ordinal priority approach. The results ranked the priority of the barriers as technology (0.3083), policy (0.2211), knowledge (0.1972), cost (0.1500), social and cultural (0.0739), and infrastructure (0.0494). Sectors were ranked in feasibility level to overcome the barriers from lowest to highest as operating, construction, manufacturing, transport, and agriculture. It is recommended to local communities to give priority to the building sector rather than supply chain and work under an integrated framework to enhance the feasibility level, which should include localization, prevention, collaboration, and digitalization. In particular, Chile should promote converting agricultural residues to building products as the project aligns with several initiatives existing in its circular economy roadmap.

Keywords: circular economy; Chile; construction sector; insulation; nature-based materials; ordinal priority approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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