Motivating towards energy efficiency in small and medium enterprises

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 139, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-50

  Henriques, João ^a   Catarino, Justina ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Barriers; Energy management practices; Industrial energy efficiency; Motivation; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MOTIVATION;

BARRIERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84996559032     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.026     Document Type: Article

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