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Extending the Energy efficiency gap

Sandra Backlund, +3 more
- 01 Dec 2012 - 
- Vol. 51, pp 392-396
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In order to reach the EU: s 20-20-20 primary energy savings target, energy efficiency needs to increase as mentioned in this paper, and previous research on energy use and energy efficiency has focused mainly on the diffusion of...
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This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2012-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 279 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Energy efficiency gap & Energy accounting.

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The energy-efficiency gap What does it mean?

Adam B. Jaffe, +1 more
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify five distinct notions of optimality: the economists' economic potential, the technologists' technical potential, hypothetical potential, narrow social optimum and true social optimum.
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A review on energy saving strategies in industrial sector

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TL;DR: A comprehensive literature review about industrial energy saving by management, technologies and policies has been presented in this paper, where the authors have found that in the industrial sectors, a sizeable amount of electric energy, emissions and utility bill can be saved using these technologies.
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Frequently Asked Questions (10)
Q1. What are the contributions in "Extending the energy efficiency gap" ?

The discrepancy between optimal and actual implementation of energy efficient technologies has been illustrated in numerous articles and is often referred to as the energy efficiency gap. By including energy management into an estimated energy efficiency potential this paper introduces 2 an extended energy efficiency gap, mainly in manufacturing industries and the commercial sector. 

The potential for improving energy efficiency through more efficient technologies was evaluated to be 13 % and 5 % of the current energy use, respectively among the studied nonenergy intensive and energy-intensive Swedish manufacturing firms. 

Studies of the driving forces for energy efficiency in manufacturing industry demonstrate that long-term energy strategies and committed and skilled energy managers are important factors spurring energy efficiency in industrial firms. 

Suggested measures for overcoming energy efficiency barriers include white certificates, Voluntary Agreement (VA) or Long Term Agreement (LTA) programs, financial aid programs (subventions), and promoting energy service markets by providing model contracts and certifications (EC, 2006). 

One key factor stressed in the scientific literature (e.g., Hahn and Stavins, 1992; Sorrell et al., 2004) and in EU policy documents on energy efficiency is cost effectiveness. 

Data gathering and analysis help facilitate investments in technology but by working continuously it can also detect inefficiencies and mal-functioning equipment, optimize the energy system and evaluate the technologies performance. 

The ESD highlights the importance of member states’ providing information on energy efficiency, fostering energy market transparency, and creating incentives and market instruments promoting increased energy efficiency. 

Abdelaziz et al. (2011) claim that successful energy management consists of three parts: energy auditing to gain knowledge about energy flows, courses and training to increase and maintain awareness and housekeeping that includes keeping up the operations. 

The authors argue that the inclusion of energy management components in future energy policy will play an important role if the targets for 2020, and later 2050, are to be met in the EU. 

This article outlines how energy management practices can increase both the energy efficiency potential and the deployment level of energy policy programs.