Barriers to industrial energy efficiency

Policy options to overcome barriers to industrial energy efficiency in developing countries

Placing barriers to industrial energy efficiency in a social context: a discussion of lifestyle categorisation

Overcoming Barriers to Effective Energy Management in Industrial Settings

Energy management for industry is many times an unspoken objective in organizations because it is desirable to reduce operating costs but often not important enough to justify a financial investment in managing. Unfortunately without a comprehensively planned and adequately funded management program, energy management efforts degrade into unsustainable or ineffective programs that are discarded...

Understanding barriers to energy-efficiency renovations of multifamily dwellings

We have studied how energy efficiency is discussed by professionals during renovation of multifamily dwellings, in order to capture how barriers in relation to energy measures are appearing, disappearing and transformed during the process. We did participatory observations of renovation meetings, conducted interviews with the involved professionals and studied-related documents. Our intentions ...

Industrial Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Ukraine

As part of the energy assistance program to help Ukraine shut down the Chornobyl nuclear reactors, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asked the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to identify and appraise industrial energy efficiency projects in Ukraine. The industrial sector currently accounts for over 60% of Ukraine’s energy consumption. Most industrial enterprises in Ukraine use en...