The German energy audit program for firms-a cost-effective way to improve energy efficiency?

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-469

  Fleiter, Tobias ^a   Gruber, Edelgard ^b   Eichhammer, Wolfgang ^a   Worrell, Ernst ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b Institute for Resource Efficiency and Energy Strategies IREES GmbH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barriers to energy efficiency; Energy audit; Energy efficiency; Impact assessment; SME

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES; GERMANY; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; NET PRESENT VALUE; PRIVATE INVESTMENT; PUBLIC EXPENDITURES; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SME;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TRANSACTION COST;

GERMANY;

EID: 84867860841     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-012-9157-7     Document Type: Article

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