Challenges and opportunities for improving energy efficiency in SMEs: learnings from seven European projects

This paper analyses challenges and opportunities for improving energy efficiency in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by reviewing research design and results in collaboration with DEESME and some European sister projects: SPEEDIER, SMEmPower Efficiency, E2Driver, Innoveas, Triple-A and ICCEE. These projects aim to improve SMEs’ awareness of energy efficiency and support an effective decisionmaking-oriented approach to it. Drivers and barriers to energy efficiency improvements in European SMEs of various industrial sectors have been investigated by means of surveys, focused group discussions and interviews.

A meta-analysis of the results of the seven EU projects was carried out to discover trends related to energy efficiency in European SMEs.

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