Revision of Sustainable Road Rating Systems: Selection of the Best Suited System for Hungarian Road Construction Using TOPSIS Method

Abstract

There are a number of sustainable and environmentally friendly techniques and methods currently available in the construction industry. To promote sustainable development, different rating and certificating systems that evaluate the level of sustainability during the development of infrastructure construction projects have been developed. The aim of the research presented in this paper was to examine the applicability of sustainability rating systems in Hungary and find the most suitable option. After a review of commonly used rating systems, i.e., Greenroads, GreenLITES, I-LAST, Envision, and INVEST, the most suitable existing rating system is selected with the help of the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) mathematical decision analysis method. This was achieved by utilizing 12 categories of input data (weights) analyzed through TOPSIS. The input data (weights) of the TOPSIS method were determined by a small research group of industry experts and academic professionals based on Hungarian practices and methodology. As a result of the calculation, the study found that the Envision rating system satisfies the criteria best, closely followed by Greenroads.

Economic, Social, and Ecological Impact Evaluation of Traffic Network in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Urban Agglomeration Based on the Entropy Weight TOPSIS Method

“…TOPSIS model is a comprehensive evaluation method based on distance, which was first proposed by Hwang and Yoon in 1981. The model can objectively and comprehensively reflect the degree of ESE impact of transportation network by calculating the closeness degree between evaluation value and ideal solution, and is widely used in MCDA [15,20]. Therefore, this paper calculates the index weight and evaluates the ESE effects of transportation network based on the entropy weight TOPSIS method, as follows:…”

“…MCDA methods are probably the most common approaches used for sustainability evaluation in the transportation field [19]. The attributes are summarized by TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution), VIKOR (Vise Kriterijumska Optimizacija Kompromisno Resenje), COPRAS (Complex Proportional Assessment) and PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation) methods, and the most appropriate method is selected according to the data and ranking type [15,[20][21][22][23]. Table 1 provides the main information of these methods [21].…”

“…In recent years, this method has been applied to the study of sustainability evaluation. For example, to evaluate urban sustainable development in China [13]; to evaluate sustainable road rating systems in Hungary [20]; to evaluate sustainable forest and air quality management in Europe [18]. The VIKOR method, similarly to the TOPSIS method, is based on distance measurements.…”

“…However, because the influence of traffic network on urban agglomeration involves many factors, the best form of sustainable development of transportation network is the level of ESE development and traffic resource allocation of urban agglomeration, which is close to the optimal state and far away from the worst state. TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) is a comprehensive analysis method, which makes a ranking through a positive ideal solution and a negative ideal solution [15,20]. It is suitable for the systematic analysis of the gap between the economic, social, and ecological environmental status and the ideal state caused by the traffic network, and truly reflects the impact of the traffic network on the urban agglomeration.…”

BREEAM fenntarthatóság alapú minősítő rendszer hazai tapasztalatai és az infrastrukturális projektekhez alkalmazandó CEEQUAL bemutatása

“…Ezen rendszerek azonban különböző kritikus minőségi jellemzőkkel bírnak. Ezek, többek között: útmutatások a projektek alkalmazásához; szükséges a bizonyítékok gyűjtésének intenzitása; időzítés és kockázatkezelés; hitelesség és elismerés a nyertes projektek számára; a rendelkezésre álló teljesítményszintek és a teljesítményértékelés módszerei; az értékelési folyamat testre szabásának lehetőségei a lényegessége a súlyozás és a minimumszabályok révén; az alkalmazott fenntarthatósági kritériumok minősége [18]. Ezért igazán fontos, hogy alkalmazásuk előtt ezen rendszerek áttekintésre kerüljenek és a megfelelő rendszer kerüljön kiválasztásra a hazai alkalmazáshoz.…”