Energy efficiency of high energy-consuming industries plays a significant role in social
sustainability, economic performance and environmental protection of any nation. In order to …

Energy efficiency improvement is a basic yet significant way of addressing both energy
security and environment concerns. There are various measures of industrial energy …

Energy shortage is exacerbated by energy wastage and low efficiency, so energy efficiency
has become a popular research topic. However, in most studies, the inputs and outputs of …

Energy efficiency policy is seen as a very important activity by almost all policy makers. In
practical energy policy analysis, the typical indicator used as a proxy for energy efficiency is …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in applying energy and exergy
analysis modeling techniques for energy-utilization assessments in order to attain energy …

The aim of this methodology handbook is to establish a conceptual framework to develop
indicators for measuring energy efficiency in the manufacturing industry, and to use that …

This paper proposes a parametric frontier approach to estimating economy-wide energy
efficiency performance from a production efficiency point of view. It uses the Shephard …

Efficiency is one of the most frequently used terms in thermodynamics, and it indicates how
well an energy conversion or process is accomplished. Efficiency is also one of the most …

There is a widespread assumption in energy statistics and econometrics that energy
intensity and energy efficiency are equivalent measures of energy performance of …

Energy efficiency is a central target for energy policy and a keystone to mitigate climate
change and to achieve a sustainable development. Although great efforts have been carried …