Environ Health Toxicol.  2015 ;30(Suppl):s2015003. 10.5620/eht.s2015003.

Priority survey between indicators and analytic hierarchy process analysis for green chemistry technology assessment

• Kim S
• Hong S
• Ahn K
• Gong S

• KMID: 2380070
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5620/eht.s2015003

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This study presents the indicators and proxy variables for the quantitative assessment of green chemistry technologies and evaluates the relative importance of each assessment element by consulting experts from the fields of ecology, chemistry, safety, and public health.
METHODS
The results collected were subjected to an analytic hierarchy process to obtain the weights of the indicators and the proxy variables.
RESULTS
These weights may prove useful in avoiding having to resort to qualitative means in absence of weights between indicators when integrating the results of quantitative assessment by indicator.
CONCLUSIONS
This study points to the limitations of current quantitative assessment techniques for green chemistry technologies and seeks to present the future direction for quantitative assessment of green chemistry technologies.

Keyword

Green chemistry technology assessment; Priority survey; Analytic hierarchy process analysis; Toxic potential indicator; Impact metrics for environmental; safety; socioeconomic

MeSH Terms

Chemistry
Ecology
Green Chemistry Technology*
Health Resorts
Humans
Proxy
Public Health
Weights and Measures