Drivers and barriers to energy efficiency management for sustainable development

Sustainable Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-25

  Lee, Ki Hoon ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy efficiency; Energy management; Steel industry; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923273601     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1567     Document Type: Article

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