Public-private partnerships for energy efficiency projects: A win-win model to choose the energy performance contracting structure

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 170, Issue , 2018, Pages 1064-1075

  Carbonara, Nunzia ^a   Pellegrino, Roberta ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy Performance Contracting; Energy Service Company; Public Private Partnership

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PROFITABILITY;

CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING; ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY; PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; THE NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85031899241     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.151     Document Type: Article

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