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A snapshot of the European energy service market in 2010 and policy recommendations to foster a further market development
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In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive insight of the European ESCo industry based on the results from a large-scale survey carried out 2009-2010 in 39 European countries.About:
This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 145 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Energy policy.read more
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A critical review of China's rapidly developing renewable energy and energy efficiency policies
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of China's renewable energy and energy efficiency (REEE) policies in six sectors: electricity, industry, transportation, buildings, and local government is presented.
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Adoption of energy-efficiency measures in SMEs—An empirical analysis based on energy audit data from Germany
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors empirically investigated factors driving the adoption of energy-efficiency measures by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on cross-sectional data from SMEs which participated in a German energy audit program between 2008 and 2010.
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Adoption of energy-efficiency measures in SMEs - An empirical analysis based on energy audit data
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the factors driving the adoption of energy-efficiency measures by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and find that high investment costs, which are captured by subjective and objective proxies, appear to impede the adoption energy-efficient measures, even if these measures are deemed profitable.
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The co-evolutionary relationship between energy service companies and the UK energy system: implications for a low-carbon transition
TL;DR: The Energy Service Company (ESCo) business model is designed to reward businesses by satisfying consumers' energy needs at less cost and with fewer carbon emissions via energy demand management and/or sustainable supply measures as mentioned in this paper.
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Energy Service Companies and Energy Performance Contracting: is there a need to renew the business model? Insights from a Delphi study
Satu Pätäri,Kirsi Sinkkonen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the viability of a business model based on energy performance contracting, and analyse the insights provided by the experts through the Hamel business model framework.
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An international survey of the energy service company (ESCO) industry
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey was conducted in the Fall of 2002 to collect information on the following key topics for selected countries: (1) the number of ESCOs; (2) the key sectors targeted by ESCO; (3) the four most important barriers facing the ESCO industry; (4) the approximate value of projects conducted by ESCOs in 2001; and (5) the future of the ESCOs industry in that particular country.
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Energy service companies in European countries: Current status and a strategy to foster their development
TL;DR: In this paper, a long-term strategy to foster the development of ESCOs in Europe is formulated based on successful experience in Europe and is proposed with an eye to existing and planned legislative measures, such as the proposed Energy Service Directive and the deployment of the Kyoto flexible mechanisms.
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Analysis of ESCO Activities Using Country Indicators
Nesrin Okay,Uğur Akman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a literature data on the activities and the sectors targeted by ESCOs in 38 countries, summarized in terms of the age of ESCO market (AEM), number of energy service companies (NE), and total value of ESCOs projects (VE) along with the Global Innovation Index (GII) data of the countries, investigated the relationships among the ESCO Indicators and the country Indicators (EIs: AEM, NE, VE), and the Country Indicators: GII and per-capita GDP, energy consumption,
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Building a business to close the efficiency gap: the Swedish ESCO Experience
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with ESCOs operating in Sweden to evaluate managerial and other challenges for ESCOs to transform the "efficiency gap" into a viable business.
Latest Development of Energy Service Companies across Europe - A European ESCO Update
TL;DR: The European ESCO status report as mentioned in this paper provides an overview of the ESCO concept and key definitions, the development of the energy service companies market across Europe, and a concise synopsis of the state-of-the-art in the European Union Member States and the Candidate Countries in 2004.