The economics of energy efficiency: Barriers to profitable investments

Artikel

Improving energy efficiency is seen as a core strategy for a sustainable energy system, because it may contribute to cost savings for companies and private households, cost-effectively reduces greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, increases security of supply for required energy services. The thrust of engineering-economic analyses suggests that there is a large potential for energy efficiency measures that are also profitable, but – because of barriers to energy efficiency – are not being adopted. This paper presents a taxonomy of these barriers, distinguishing between barriers that would warrant policy intervention and those that do not. As a case study, barriers to energy efficiency in the German higher education sector and measures to overcome those barriers are discussed.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: EIB Papers ; ISSN: 0257-7755 ; Volume: 12 ; Year: 2007 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 82-109 ; Luxembourg: European Investment Bank (EIB)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Schleich, Joachim
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): European Investment Bank (EIB)
• (wo): Luxembourg
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/44886
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ