International study on energy end-use data among industrial SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and energy end-use efficiency improvement opportunities

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 282-296

  Thollander, Patrik ^a   Paramonova, Svetlana ^a   Cornelis, Erwin ^b   Kimura, Osamu ^c   Trianni, Andrea ^d   Karlsson, Magnus ^a   Cagno, Enrico ^d   Morales, Inés ^e   Jiménez Navarro, Juan Pablo ^e  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e Instituto Andaluz de Tecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy audit; Energy efficiency; Industry; SME

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; TAXONOMIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ENERGY AUDIT; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; POLICY FORMULATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84931576391     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.073     Document Type: Article

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