A method to estimate the size and remaining market potential of the U.S. ESCO (energy service company) industry

Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 362-371

  Stuart, Elizabeth ^a   Larsen, Peter H ^a,b   Goldman, Charles A ^a   Gilligan, Donald ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c National Association of Energy Service Companies   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; ESCO (energy service companies); Market potential; Performance contracting

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SERVICE INDUSTRY;

ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY; ESTIMATION APPROACHES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; MARKET PENETRATION; MARKET POTENTIAL; PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING; PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS; PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING;

INVESTMENTS;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVESTMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909998133     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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