Industrial energy efficiency and climate change mitigation

Worrell, Ernst; Bernstein, Lenny; Roy, Joyashree; Price, Lynn; Harnisch, Jochen

doi:10.1007/s12053-008-9032-8

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“…Moreover, reduced energy costs are crucial for industrial companies in maintaining a competitive advantage [5,6]. Increased energy efficiency can arrive from technological improvements [7], improved supply chain management [8], and the implementation of environmental management systems (EMS) [9], environmental regulation [10], and economic motives [6]. The first electronic database search, after the removal of duplicates, resulted in 835 articles.…”

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Closing the Energy Efficiency Gap—A Systematic Review of Empirical Articles on Drivers to Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Firms

Solnørdal

Foss

2018

Energies

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Abstract:Research has identified an extensive potential for energy efficiency within the manufacturing sector, which is responsible for a substantial share of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of this study is to enhance the knowledge of vital drivers for energy efficiency in this sector by providing a critical and systematic review of the empirical literature on drivers to energy efficiency in manufacturing firms at the firm level. The systematic literature review (SLR) is based on peer-reviewed articles published between 1998 and 2016. The findings reveal that organizational and economic drivers are, from the firms' perspective, the most prominent stimulus for energy efficiency and that they consider policy instruments and market drivers to be less important. Secondly, firm size has a positive effect on the firms' energy efficiency, while the literature is inconclusive considering sectorial impact. Third, the studies are mainly conducted in the US and Western European countries, despite the fact that future increase in energy demand is expected outside these regions. These findings imply a potential mismatch between energy policy-makers' and firm mangers' understanding of which factors are most important for achieving increased energy efficiency in manufacturing firms. Energy policies should target the stimulation of management, competence, and organizational structure in addition to the provision of economic incentives. Further understanding about which and how internal resources, organizational capabilities, and management practices impact energy efficiency in manufacturing firms is needed. Future energy efficiency scholars should advance our theoretical understanding of the relationship between energy efficiency improvements in firms, the related change processes, and the drivers that affect these processes.

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Closing the Energy Efficiency Gap—A Systematic Review of Empirical Articles on Drivers to Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Firms

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Foss

2018

Energies

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“…Companies support the concept of environmental sustainability which coordinates social factors with profit occasions. The implementation of resource-efficient technologies develop the competitiveness of a business and the green production phases have been combined to higher returns on investment funds and expanded kinds of sales (Worrell et al, 2009). …”

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Evaluating the sustainability of production in terms of environmental dimension

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2017

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The most significant element of the sustainable system depends on their own limits. For instance, Water is the most crucial one of all, since it's a significant input for essentially every industrial production and manufacturing step. This situation symbolizes that there is a limit to the amount of location, water, energy sources and all sources, input elements of the system supported by the world. The sustainability of materials, natural sources are vital needs for the households. What households consume today will not be enough for the next generation. If a product is not used up and throws away rapidly, the consumer needs a new one, and so there are requirements to produce with raw materials and resources again. If the good does not have the capability of being recycled, manufacturers will give damages, harmful to the environmental location. The term "water, energy footprint" and "carbon footprint" is put forward to measure the total volume of carbon dioxide emission and also natural water and energy resources used for manufacturing processes, or used by an individual or a community. All the activities and requirements of the population are caused greenhouse gasses emission. These concepts and results induce the climate change of the world. Regarding to the main subject which is defined in the above, the aim of this research is to investigate some developments which decrease the amount of waste in the industrial production stages and at the end of lifecycle time of products. The purpose of this study is to present a general review of the sustainability literature to decrease the amount of waste and to evaluate the environmental oriented production and consumption by SWOT Analysis; This research involves main concepts of environmental dimension of sustainability that aims to declare the significant of the carbon and water footprint for the ecological life.

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“…Barriers impeding improvements in energy efficiency issues need to be lowered to bridge this gap. A number of studies have already revealed the considerable potentials of energy-efficiency measures (Blok 2004;Grenade et al 2009;Worrell et al 2009;Fraunhofer ISI et al 2014;Ecofys and Fraunhofer ISI 2010;Eichhammer 2013). Accordingly, improving energy efficiency has received increasing attention in energy policy in many countries (IEA 2012).…”

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Tailoring cross-sectional energy-efficiency measures to target groups in industry

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The improvement of energy efficiency in industrial companies plays a crucial role for the energy transition. Although significant economic potentials have been identified, the concerned actors are still struggling to realize them fully. To support the implementation of energy efficiency measures by passing policies, a deeper understanding of the barriers affecting different kinds of companies is necessary to better match the options to their needs and requirements. This paper considers companies' characteristics and barriers to draw conclusions on energy efficiency policies and specific recommendations on energy efficiency measures. It recommends compromises for policies between high administrative efforts to design individual solutions for companies and too generic approaches, which are not tackling the specific barriers and companies' characteristics. Our analysis assesses monitoring data of 263 enterprises of the Learning Energy Efficiency Networks LEEN in Germany. The LEEN support energy audits, company networking and assesses implemented energy efficiency measures. Lack of information combined with unfavourable reasoning in decision-making impedes the adoption of profitable measures. Thus, financial policy instruments should aim at promoting long-term decisionmaking. Audits turned out to be an effective information tool and are more common in LEs than in SMEs. Accordingly, the number of implemented measures and the choice of specific measures relate to company size. Regarding barriers to energy efficiency measures, we found financial barriers most prevalent, but there was no general correlation with company size. Moreover, financial restrictions are not necessarily caused by a lack of money, but also by risk aversion or unlikely payback periods. LEs are stronger affected by motivational barriers, especially if the expected organizational effort is high. Reducing transaction costs can increase the willingness to invest greater efforts in energy efficiency measures.

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Industrial energy efficiency and climate change mitigation

Cited by 361 publications

References 31 publications

Closing the Energy Efficiency Gap—A Systematic Review of Empirical Articles on Drivers to Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Firms

Closing the Energy Efficiency Gap—A Systematic Review of Empirical Articles on Drivers to Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Firms

Evaluating the sustainability of production in terms of environmental dimension

Tailoring cross-sectional energy-efficiency measures to target groups in industry

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