EIB Working Paper 2021/07 - Can European businesses achieve productivity gains from investments in energy efficiency?

When they consider investing in energy efficiency measures many firms focus only on direct energy savings and do not consider non-energy benefits that include increased labour productivity. To date, due to lack of high-quality data, few studies have attempted to quantify the effects of energy effici...

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Main Author: Niczyporuk, Hanna (auth)
Other Authors: Kalantzis, Fotios (auth), European Investment Bank (Editor)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: European Investment Bank 2021
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