Ex-post impact and process evaluation of the Swedish energy audit policy programme for small and medium-sized enterprises

Paramonova, Svetlana; Thollander, Patrik

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.139

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“…Four studies investigated more than one country [36,50,56,62]. The countries covered in the most studies are Italy [6][7][8]39,40,42,54], where enterprises in the Lombardy region have mainly been studied, followed by China [41,47,49,51,58,59] and Sweden [27,43,55,57,60,64].…”

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Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs

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Climate change, due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases, is driving policymakers to make decisions to promote more efficient energy use. Improved industrial energy efficiency is said to play a key role in the transition to more carbon-neutral energy systems. In most countries, industrial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 95% or more of the total number of companies. Thus, SMEs, apart from using energy, are a major driver in the economy with regard to innovation, GDP growth, employment, investments, exports, etc. Despite this, research and policy activities related to SMEs have been scarce, calling for contributions in the field. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to critically assess how adequate energy efficiency policy programmes for industrial SMEs could be designed. Results show that scientific publications in the field differ in scope and origin, but a major emphasis of the scientific papers has been on barriers to and drivers for energy efficiency. Scientific contributions from studies of energy policy programmes primarily cover energy audit programmes and show that the major energy efficiency measures from industrial SMEs are found in support processes. The review further reveals an imbalance in geographic scope of the papers within the field, where a vast majority of the papers emanate from Europe, calling for scientific publications from other parts of the world. The study synthesizes the findings into a general method on how to design efficiency programs for the sector.

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“…Paramonova and Thollander [55] evaluated the Swedish energy audit programme by analysing quantified data from over 700 participating SMEs. The programme showed an implementation rate of 53% and an energy efficiency saving of 6% of the companies' energy end-use.…”

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“…This is often done in the form of industrial energy programs (Paramonova and Thollander, 2016). These policy programs may contain different types of actions to encourage SMEs to increase their realized energy efficient measures.…”

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“…By helping SMEs collect information, municipalities can assist in eliminating informational barriers, and can thus improve realized measures (Paramononva and Thollander, 2016).…”

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“…These networks would offer a way for municipalities to govern this process of implementing energy efficient measures while fulfilling their environmental visions (Bulkeley and Betsill, 2005;von Malmborg, 2007). The need for municipalbusiness networks is supported by research that indicates that a network approach will lower barriers for companies in their work with energy management (Paramanova and Thollander, 2016;O´Keeffe et al, 2016).…”

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Energy efficiency in Swedish SMEs: Exploring barriers, knowledge creation and the role of municipal energy efficiency programs

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The overall aim of this thesis is to analyze how municipalities support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their work to improve their energy efficiency. The purpose of this study is to increase the current understanding of how the methods and tools used by municipalities to assist SMEs in improving their energy efficiency influence the end results in terms of achieved energy efficiency, and how knowledge related to energy efficiency is created within SMEs. This thesis consists of two separate case studies that examine how two municipalities used a network approach to support SMEs in implementing energy efficient measures.The theoretical frameworks of policy networks, barriers, communities of practice (COPs), and energy efficiency networks were used in this thesis. The findings are presented in the appended four articles. An overall conclusion is that networks that provide information in the form of a report with technological solutions as the only output are less likely to reach the agreed-upon goals. To achieve a more successful result, SMEs must be active in the process; they must be allowed to create knowledge and understanding that they perceive as valuable and relevant for themselves. Another important result is that information is not automatically transformed by SMEs into knowledge. In fact, SMEs need a platform from which they can negotiate the received information and use it to create knowledge through practice and social interaction. Finally, it was found that the type of technological solution is not insignificant; the type of energy efficient measure to be implemented and its level of complexity affect how a municipality should support energy efficiency work among SMEs.

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Assessing Energy Efficiency in Processes of the Agri-Food Sector: From Delivery of Natural Resources to Finished Products

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Ex-post impact and process evaluation of the Swedish energy audit policy programme for small and medium-sized enterprises

Abstract: Ex-post impact and process evaluation of the Swedish energy audit policy programme for small and medium-sized enterprises,

Cited by 34 publications

References 21 publications

Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs

Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs

Energy efficiency in Swedish SMEs: Exploring barriers, knowledge creation and the role of municipal energy efficiency programs

Assessing Energy Efficiency in Processes of the Agri-Food Sector: From Delivery of Natural Resources to Finished Products

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