Energy service collaborations-it is a question of trust

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-521

  Backlund, Sandra ^a   Eidenskog, Maria ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barriers to energy efficiency; Energy efficiency; Energy services; ESCO; Trust

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCIES; ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES (ESCOS); ENERGY SERVICES; ESCO; EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES; TECHNICAL PROJECT RISKS; TRUST;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; INCENTIVE; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFITABILITY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84879960584     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-012-9189-z     Document Type: Article

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