The Energy Services Company (ESCo) as business model for heat entrepreneurship - A case study of North Karelia, Finland

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 783-787

  Suhonen, Niko ^a   Okkonen, Lasse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KARELIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business model; ESCo; Heat entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CLIMATE; BUSINESS MODELS; ENERGY INVESTMENTS; ENERGY SERVICES COMPANIES; ESCO; HOUSING ASSOCIATION; MAINTENANCE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENTREPRENEUR; HEATING; INVESTMENT; MODELING; PROFITABILITY;

FINLAND; POHJOIS-KARJALA;

EID: 84881670165     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.047     Document Type: Article

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