Measuring improvement in energy efficiency of the US cement industry with the ENERGY STAR Energy Performance Indicator

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-116

  Boyd, Gale ^a   Zhang, Gang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Energy management; Industrial energy efficiency

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENTS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; STARS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ENERGY BENCHMARKING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; ENERGY-INTENSIVE PLANTS; IMPROVING EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURING PLANT; SEPARATE ANALYSIS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BENCHMARKING; CARBON EMISSION; CEMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; MANUFACTURING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872334331     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-012-9160-z     Document Type: Article

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