TY  - BOOK
AU  - Revoltella,Debora
AU  - European Investment Bank
AU  - Kalantzis,Fotios
TI  - EIB Working Papers 2019/02 - How energy audits promote SMEs' energy efficiency investment
T2  - EIB Working Papers
SN  - 9789286142284
PB  - European Investment Bank
KW  - Business & Economics / Finance
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Economics
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - 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 overcoming the information barriers and facilitating investments in energy-efficiency measures They are more important for small firms and for investments in things such as such as lighting, wall insulation etc. than in production processes such as the replacement of machinery and equipment The beneficial impact of energy audits ceases to exist, however, when firms are finance constrained Information campaigns are one of the most efficient available instruments among other instruments (regulatory, financial and voluntary agreements) for promoting energy audits in SMEs
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/2e16cf50-03f0-4e77-b7fc-8ec393b74e0e
ER  -