Beyond barriers - A case study on driving forces for improved energy efficiency in the foundry industries in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Sweden

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 636-643

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

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Driving forces for improved energy efficiency; Energy audit; Energy management practices; Energy services; European foundry industry

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

DRIVING FORCES; ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY SERVICES; EUROPEAN FOUNDRIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

FOUNDRIES;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY;

FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; POLAND; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879253322     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.036     Document Type: Article

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