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| Title: | | The economics of energy efficiency: Barriers to profitable investments  |
| Authors: | | Schleich, Joachim |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Citation: | | [Journal:] EIB Papers [ISSN:] 0257-7755 [Volume:] 12 [Year:] 2007 [Issue:] 2 [Pages:] 82-109 |
| Abstract: | | 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. |
| Document Type: | | Article |
| Appears in Collections: | | EIB Papers, European Investment Bank
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