Counting project savings—an alternative way to monitor the results of a voluntary agreement on industrial energy savings

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 755-770

  Abeelen, Christiaan ^a   Harmsen, Robert ^b   Worrell, Ernst ^b  

^a Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Methodology; Monitoring; Voluntary agreements

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MONITORING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY-SAVING PROJECTS; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING METHODOLOGIES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; POLICY MAKING; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84944710953     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-015-9398-3     Document Type: Article

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