'Demand pull' government policies to support product-service system activity: the case of energy service companies (ESCos) in the UK
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In this article, a case study of how regulatory, economic incentive, informative and procurement policies have supported Energy Service Company (ESCo) activity in the UK, a sub-set of the Product-Service Systems (PSS) family focused on energy service provision.About:
This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production.The article was published on 2015-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 90 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Service (business) & Public policy.read more
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Analysis of barriers and drivers for the development of the ESCO markets in Europe
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive overview of the ESCO industry in EU Member States and neighbouring countries based on a large-scale expert survey, focused on market development between 2010 and 2013.
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