Return on investment from industrial energy efficiency: Evidence from developing countries

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-53

  Alcorta, Ludovico ^a   Bazilian, Morgan ^a   De Simone, Giuseppe ^a   Pedersen, Ascha ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Austria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Energy and development; Energy efficiency; Energy investment; Manufacturing industry

Indexed keywords

ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY INVESTMENTS; ENERGY INVESTMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FINANCIAL RETURNS; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING SECTOR;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURE;

INVESTMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84891738291     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-013-9198-6     Document Type: Article

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