Energy Efficiency—Contributions to Competitiveness and Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 March 2023) | Viewed by 2370
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Interests: operations management; quality management; lean six sigma; environmental management; safety and risk management; metrology; design of experiments
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Interests: design of experiments; continuous improvement (lean production, six sigma); supply chain management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Efficient World Scenario developed by the International Energy Agency [1] shows that energy efficiency is one of the most cost-effective ways to mitigate climate change, improve energy security, and grow economies while delivering environmental and social benefits. There are many energy-efficient technologies, methods, and management practices that can be implemented to improve energy efficiency and energy use in public and private organizations, and considerable efforts have been devoted to the achievement of environmentally benign processes [2-3]. Unfortunately, besides the existing examples of good practice and guidance on techniques and tools for these purposes, there is much more to be done in order to further their use. Progress in terms of achieving energy efficiency is, now more than ever, an urgently needed action if we are to fulfil the energy and climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement and in the European Green Deal and significantly contribute to businesses’ sustainability, compliance with tightening regulatory requirements, substantial direct and indirect cost reduction, and the creation of millions of jobs worldwide [4]. Therefore, this Special Issue, entitled “Energy Efficiency – Contributions to Competitiveness and Sustainability”, aims at promoting and highlightning the new practices and results achieved in manufacturing, including those supported by industrial statistics, buildings (from commercial to residential), and the transport industry, to cite general application areas, by the integration of energy efficiency objectives into business strategy, management systems, and continuous improvement initiatives (practices). Works discussing energy efficiency policies, programs, stimulus packages, metrics and their impact on energy savings, energy sufficiency, and energy transition at national, regional, or local level are, like other topics, very welcome as well.
[1] IEA (2018). Energy Efficiency 2018 - Analysis and outlooks to 2040. IEA Publications, Paris. Available at https://www.iea.org/efficiency2018/. Accessed at 12th June 2019.
[2] Cai,W.; Liu, C.; Lai, K.; Li, L.; Cunha, J.; Hu, L. (2019). Energy performance certification in mechanical manufacturing industry: A review and analysis. Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 186:1, pp. 415-432.
[3] Napp, T., Gambhir, A., Hills, T., Florin, N. and Fennell, P. (2014). A review of the technologies, economics and policy instruments for decarbonising energy-intensive manufacturing industries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 30:1, pp. 616-640.
[4] IEA (2020), Energy Efficiency 2020, IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-efficiency-2020. Accessed at 10th December 2020.
Dr. Nuno Costa
Dr. Martín Tanco Rainusso
Dr. Paulo Miguel Marques Fontes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- green technology
- Paris Agreement
- environmental impacts
- emission reduction
- supply chain optimization
- energy management
- eco-efficiency
