A survey study of energy saving activities of industrial companies in Taicang, China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-89

  Liu, Xianbing ^a   Niu, Dongjie ^b   Bao, Cunkuan ^b   Suk, Sunhee ^a   Shishime, Tomohiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Energy saving activity; Small and medium sized enterprises; Taicang

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; SURVEYS;

CHINA; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY SAVING ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS; INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES; PARTICIPATION RATIOS; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; TAICANG;

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE;

EID: 84862795912     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.12.030     Document Type: Article

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