Empirical investigation of energy efficiency barriers in Italian manufacturing SMEs

Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 444-458

  Trianni, Andrea ^a   Cagno, Enrico ^a   Worrell, Ernst ^b   Pugliese, Giacomo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barriers; Industrial energy efficiency; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; MANUFACTURE;

BARRIERS; DECISION MAKERS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HIGH VARIABILITY; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NORTHERN ITALY; POLICY MAKERS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

INDUSTRY;

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; MANUFACTURING; PERCEPTION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ITALY;

EID: 84871718926     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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