A survey study of energy saving activities of industrial companies in the Republic of Korea

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 301-311

  Suk, Sunhee ^a   Liu, Xianbing ^a   Sudo, Kinichi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Company; Energy saving activity; Korea; Survey study

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY; SURVEYS;

ENERGY INTENSIVE COMPANIES; ENERGY SAVING ACTIVITIES; GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS; INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; KOREA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84870805284     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.10.029     Document Type: Article

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