Gap analysis of industrial energy management systems in Slovenia

Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-49

  Pusnik, Matevz ^a   Al Mansour, Fouad ^a   Sucic, Boris ^a   Gubina, A F ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy management systems; Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988642819     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.10.141     Document Type: Article

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