Energy use and energy efficiency development in the German and Colombian textile industries

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-103

  Pardo Martínez, Clara Inés ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b and Energy   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy efficiency indicators; Production function; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES;

ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDICATOR; INVESTMENT STRATEGY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PRODUCTION ENERGIES; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; PRODUCTION PROCESS; TEXTILE MANUFACTURING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ECONOMY OF SCALE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

COLOMBIA; GERMANY;

EID: 77954816572     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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