Barriers and drivers for energy efficiency: Different perspectives from an exploratory study in the Netherlands

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-38

  Cagno, Enrico ^a   Trianni, Andrea ^a   Abeelen, Christiaan ^b   Worrell, Ernst ^c   Miggiano, Federica ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barrier; Decision making; Driver; External actor; Industrial energy efficiency

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

BARRIER; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DRIVER; EXTERNAL ACTOR; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85009810391     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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