Identified best environmental management practices to improve the energy performance of the retail trade sector in Europe

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 982-994

  Galvez Martos, Jose Luis ^a,b   Styles, David ^b   Schoenberger, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy performance; Environmental management; Retail trade

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING; ECO-MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SCHEMES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RETAIL TRADE; VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

AIR CONDITIONING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIGHTING; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SALES; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); WASTE HEAT;

COMMERCE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OPTIMIZATION; RETAILING; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84887190159     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.061     Document Type: Article

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