EIB Working Papers 2019/02 - How energy audits promote SMEs' energy efficiency investment (Volume 2019/2)

Energy audits play an important role in promoting energy-efficiency measures in SMEs. This paper uses EIB Investment Survey data about energy audits and energy-efficiency investments of some 12,500 signatures from EU28 Member States per year. It suggests that:Energy audits are a useful tool for over...

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Hlavní autor: Revoltella, Debora (auth)
Další autoři: Kalantzis, Fotios (auth), European Investment Bank (Editor)
Médium: Kapitola
Vydáno: 2019
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