Barriers to industrial energy efficiency in foundries: A European comparison

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-176

  Trianni, Andrea ^a   Cagno, Enrico ^a   Thollander, Patrik ^b   Backlund, Sandra ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barriers; Foundries; Industrial energy efficiency

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS; BUSINESS CONTINUITY; CRITICAL PROBLEMS; ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EUROPEAN ECONOMY; EUROPEAN FOUNDRIES; EUROPEAN LEVELS; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; PRIMARY ENERGY USE; PROCESS COMPLEXITY; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TOTAL ENERGY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOUNDRIES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84869091004     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.08.040     Document Type: Article

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