Revaluing the costs and benefits of energy efficiency: A systematic review

Kamal, Athar; Al-Ghamdi, Sami G.; Кочкодан, Віктор

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2019.03.012

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“…Relevant cases can be considered in various domestic analyses. In order to start a process of diffusion of energy-efficient technologies, the advantages to using these approaches in the decision-making framework should also be stressed (yet not in every case social costs are examined; see Kamal et al, 2019). Hence, it is necessary to quantify the economic impacts of adopting energy-efficient technologies for business, where a reliable analysis and also an evaluation of the monetization processes of these innovations exist.…”

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An interval‐valued composite indicator for energy efficiency and green entrepreneurship

Drago

Gatto

2022

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Promoting energy-efficient technologies can support green entrepreneurship via innovation creation. Energy efficiency policies and practices can promote cleaner productions and consumptions and environmental-friendly lifestyles in light of green growth goals. The foreseen strategy is twofold: it entails fostering energy-efficient technologies and supporting sustainable entrepreneurship. The work aims to measure energy efficiency by consistently constructing a new interval-based composite indicator using the World Bank's RISE database. The methodological approach employed is based on a Monte-Carlo simulation and offers the advantage of internalizing the variation of its outputs. Examining the sorting ranking, we find a positive relationship between energy efficiency and entrepreneurship by identifying some countries exhibiting high density in these two variables-e.g. Australia and the United Kingdom.We scrutinize innovative perspectives and propose policy recommendations projecting speculative scenarios based on different governance strategies to support sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems. The prospects are worthy for depicting key industrial environmental strategies.

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An interval‐valued composite indicator for energy efficiency and green entrepreneurship

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Gatto

2022

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“…Energy intensity [81,99] Obtain sustainability or energy certification [43,79] Sector [53,61,73,95] Increased sales levels [34,43,46,53,61,64,74,85,91,103] Motor numerosity [89] Improved public image, brand reputation [39,43,[45][46][47]50,51,53,61,64,69,73,77,[81][82][83][84][86][87][88]90,98,99,104] Motor size [49,98] Improved competitiveness [43,47,50,51,73,74,…”

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Identification and characterization of decision-making factors over industrial energy efficiency measures in electric motor systems

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Trianni

2021

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Energy efficiency measures in electric motor systems are scarcely implemented, and previous literature has largely overlooked the characterizing factors responsible for their adoption in industrial operations. The present study, after a comprehensive literature review, aims at supporting research by offering a framework for the identification of the factors that should be assessed when considering the adoption of electric motor systems' energy efficiency measures. The proposed factors are clustered in ten categories, namely: contextual factors, compatibility, economy, energy savings, production-related factors, operations-related factors, synergies, complexity, personnel and additional technical factors. After a preliminary empirical validation, the proposed framework has been applied in a selected sample of manufacturing firms. Findings show that factors more closely related to the firm's production and operations result most critical for the adoption of energy efficiency measures. However, the adoption process is also deeply influenced by their complexity or compatibility to the specific context application, therefore calling for an exhaustive assessment. The adoption of the framework would have reversed some firm's decisions over the initial uptake of EEMs that proved to have critical issues for their implementation. Therefore, the proposed framework provides additional support and further value to decision-makers especially for non-energy intensive firms, where the impact on non-energy production resources becomes more important, and SME usually present greater difficulties for a holistic assessment of EEMs. The study concludes with main implications for research and policy-making from the present study as well as suggestions for future research.

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“…The societal discourse on extractive activities has to be informed of the systemic costs and benefits of the respective development trajectories [53]. The discourse also has to be informed about potential risk displacement effects to more vulnerable societies if mineral raw materials are predominantly obtained from outside the EU, considering the societal and ethical issues involved when it comes to the conditions of producing operations in some extra-EU countries.…”

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Potential Benefits and Constraints of Development of Critical Raw Materials’ Production in the EU: Analysis of Selected Case Studies

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Major benefits and constraints related to mineral extraction within the EU have been identified on the examples of selected critical raw materials’ deposits. Analyzed case studies include the following ore deposits: Myszków Mo-W-Cu (Poland), Juomasuo Au-Co (Finland), S. Pedro das Águias W-Sn (Portugal), Penouta Nb-Ta-Sn (Spain), Norra Kärr REEs (Sweden) and Trælen graphite (Norway). They represent different stages of development, from the early/grassroot exploration stage, through advanced exploration and active mining, up to reopening of abandoned mines, and refer to different problems and constraints related to the possibility of exploitation commencement. The multi-criteria analysis of the cases has included geological and economic factors as well as environmental, land use, social acceptance and infrastructure factors. These factors, in terms of cost and benefit analysis, have been considered at three levels: local, country and EU levels. The analyzed cases indicated the major obstacles that occur in different stages of deposit development and need to be overcome in order to enable a new deposit exploitation commencement. These are environmental (Juomasuo and Myszków), spatial (Juomasuo) as well as social constraints (Norra Kärr, Juomasuo). In the analyzed cases, the most important constraints related to future deposit extraction occur primarily at a local level, while some important benefits are identified mainly at the country and the EU levels. These major benefits are related to securing long-term supplies for the national industries and strategically important EU industry sectors.

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Revaluing the costs and benefits of energy efficiency: A systematic review

Cited by 49 publications

References 68 publications

An interval‐valued composite indicator for energy efficiency and green entrepreneurship

An interval‐valued composite indicator for energy efficiency and green entrepreneurship

Identification and characterization of decision-making factors over industrial energy efficiency measures in electric motor systems

Potential Benefits and Constraints of Development of Critical Raw Materials’ Production in the EU: Analysis of Selected Case Studies

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