Adoption of energy efficiency measures in the buildings of micro-, small- and medium-sized Portuguese enterprises

Cunha, Paulo; Neves, Sónia Almeida; Marques, António Cardoso; Serrasqueiro, Zélia

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111776

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“…• Analysis of the propensity of Portuguese SMEs to adopt EEMs. The barriers that lead to the decision of not adopting EEMs are also examined (Cunha et al, 2020). • This article has made it clear that energy policy needs to focus much more on SMEs.…”

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“…• Evaluation methods are mostly based on subjective assessments of employees in companies, for example, (Williams and Schaefer, 2013;Zierler et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2018;Cunha et al, 2020;Wakabayashi and Arimura, 2020).…”

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“…Therefore, further studies should focus even more on smaller companies (SMEs) so that the general awareness of these companies for more energy efficiency becomes more present and thus a copycat effect can be triggered. There are some studies on SMEs, but they are also focused on the manufacturing sector Parker et al, 2009;Fernández-Viñé et al, 2010;Jochem et al, 2010;Palm and Thollander, 2010;Fleiter et al, 2012b;Thiede et al, 2012;Trianni and Cagno, 2012;Kostka et al, 2013;Thiede et al, 2013;Trianni et al, 2013;Williams and Schaefer, 2013;Bell et al, 2014;Semkov et al, 2014;Trianni et al, 2014b;Catarino et al, 2015;Leloux et al, 2015;Allarton, 2016;Meath et al, 2016;Muzamwese, 2016;Rahbauer et al, 2016;Solberg Hjorth and Brem, 2016;Tallini and Cedola, 2016;Trianni et al, 2016;Fresner et al, 2017;Hilger et al, 2018;Krutwig, 2019;Schleich and Fleiter, 2019;Chen et al, 2020;Cunha et al, 2020;Giraudet, 2020;Hung and Chu, 2020;König et al, 2020;Palm and Backman, 2020;Özbuğday et al, 2020;Nigohosyan et al, 2021;Trianni et al, 2021). Therefore, in future studies, they should look at smaller non-manufacturing companies.…”

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“…Primary dataBell et al (2014),Brunke et al (2014),Catarino et al (2015),Cunha et al (2020), del Río González, (2005,Fresner et al (2017),Haq and Jacobsen (2018),,Hertel and Menrad (2016),Hilger et al (2018),Hung and Chu (2020),Kostka et al (2013),Morais et al (2020),Palm and Backman (2020),Semkov et al (2014),Soepardi et al (2019),Thollander et al (2013,Thollander and Ottosson (2008,Wagner et al (2020),Williams and Schaefer (2013),Zierler et al (2017) Secondary dataJaffe and Stavins (1994),Phylipsen et al (1997),Pye and McKane (2000),,Sardianou (2008), Parker et al (2009), Palm and Thollander (2010), Stephenson et al (2010), Thollander (2010), Fleiter et al (2011), Hwang and Colyvas (2011), Olmos et al (2011), Fleiter et al (2012a), Backlund et al (2012), Fleiter et al (2012b), Fiedler and Mircea (2012), Thiede et al (2012), Cagno et al (2013), Sudhakara Reddy (2013), Thiede et al (2013), Williams and McKane (2013), Trianni et al (2014a), Finster and Hernke (2014), Stephenson et al (2015), Andrews and Johnson (2016), Meath et al (2016), Muzamwese (2016), Rahbauer et al (2016), Tallini and Cedola (2016), Muresan and Attia (2017), Olsthoorn et al (2017), Perroni et al (2017), Trianni et al (2017), Wohlfarth et al (2018), Hesselink and Chappin (2019), Krutwig (2019), Ponomareva et al (2019), Schleich and Fleiter (2019), Stefana et al (2019), Camarasa et al (2020), Chen et al (2020), Fawcett and Hampton (2020), Giraudet (2020), Hoyer et al (2020), Kinelski (2020), Mickovic and Wouters (2020), Safarzadeh et al (2020), Shinkevich et al (2020), Wakabayashi and Arimura (2020), Wolniak et al (2020), Özbuğday et al (2020), Nigohosyan et al (2021)Primary and secondary dataThollander (2006), Fernández-Viñé et al (2010),Jochem et al (2010),Cooremans (2012),Trianni and Cagno (2012),,,,Leloux et al (2015),…”

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Evaluation of research performed on energy efficiency in energy-intensive manufacturing companies

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Kryvinska²

2022

Front. Energy Res.

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The implementation of climate protection cannot succeed without increasing energy efficiency in companies. Increasing energy efficiency is an important success factor for the energy transition, but unfortunately, the energy saving potentials are only insufficiently exploited. The aim of this study is, therefore, to highlight the current state of research on energy efficiency potentials in companies at the technology level. For this purpose, an extensive literature search was conducted with more than 30 keywords. After screening and cleaning, 101 articles were selected and reviewed in detail. The literature search was performed using eight evaluation criteria: origin and year of publication, type of company, type of industry, type of data, survey method, number of participants, data collection method, and analysis method. In order to evaluate the statements and results of the considered works, a SWOT analysis was used. Our analysis revealed that: 1) studies explicitly addressing energy efficiency measures and potentials at the technology level are scarce. Even fewer studies address the relationships and interactions (positive or negative) between individual measures; 2) most studies focus on large and manufacturing companies, most of which are energy intensive. SMEs in the non-manufacturing sector, such as trade, commerce, and services, are far less represented; and 3) the chosen research focus and content are often barriers, drivers, and theory models for energy efficiency, and secondary data are mostly used. Of the studies that considered primary data, 71% used a questionnaire survey. Research into the interactions between individual measures enables policymakers to target business support programs.

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2022

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“…Zhang, Li, Han, Geng, Chu (2020) proposed the AP-MNR method for energy saving and optimization of resources for real production processes at the processing plants. Zhang, Huang, Yang (2020) and Cunha et al (2020) conducted a study of the impact of energy saving measures on the financial indicators of the enterprises in China and Portugal. Li, Zeng, Xiao, Cao, Yang, Zhang (2019) proposed the use of resource value analysis to reduce the energy and resource consumption, minimize negative impact of manufacturing enterprises on the environment and encourage sustainable development of the entities with limited resources.…”

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Management of Efficiency of the Energy and Resource Saving Innovative Projects at the Processing Enterprises

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Hnatenko

Isai

et al. 2021

Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development

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Introduction and optimization of the use of the energy and resource saving innovations in the production process of enterprises is one of the main conditions ensuring stable development of the economy of any country. Due to the high level of consumption of fuel, energy raw and auxiliary materials, the introduction of these innovations is relevant for processing plants. At the same time, management of the energy and resource saving innovations at these enterprises is complicated by the lack of investment in the processing industry as a whole, low efficiency of use of the enterprise own financial resources and high level of the credit risk inherent in the innovation projects. In this regard, the aim of the article is to develop a methodology for evaluating the economic efficiency of innovative energy and resource saving projects. To achieve this goal, the following research methods were used: system analysis, economic and mathematical modeling, abstract and logical method. The proposed as a result of the study method of assessing economic efficiency of innovative projects on the energy and resource saving can be used in the process of integrated management of the energy and resource saving innovations at the processing plants by implementing basic standards of resource management taking into account possible risks.

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Environmental sustainability for traditional energy small and medium enterprises

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Cioca

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Adoption of energy efficiency measures in the buildings of micro-, small- and medium-sized Portuguese enterprises

Cited by 12 publications

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Evaluation of research performed on energy efficiency in energy-intensive manufacturing companies

Evaluation of research performed on energy efficiency in energy-intensive manufacturing companies

Management of Efficiency of the Energy and Resource Saving Innovative Projects at the Processing Enterprises

Environmental sustainability for traditional energy small and medium enterprises

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