energy-efficient than larger enterprises. Several studies investigated the barriers to the diffusion of technologies and … perception of such barriers by SMEs. In this multiple case-study, we have investigated 20 Primary Metal manufacturing SMEs in … Northern Italy. Economic and information barriers are perceived as the major issues. Interestingly, firm's size, innovativeness …

and the deployment of cogeneration in the Member States. The study considers the effect of different barriers (reported by … the Member States) on the promotion of cogeneration. The individual analyses of the barriers differ widely in quality and … depth. When some barriers are reported, there is an increase of the variability of the penetration of cogeneration. This …

. There have been several reviews of potential technological, economic, social, or public barriers and solutions to renewable … energy investment. Although important, there is also need for multi-dimensional analyses of these barriers and identification … of the most significant underlying barriers if viable solutions are to be developed. In this paper we apply a theoretical …

well as economic and financial incentives. In addition, the main barriers in the process of promoting building energy … major barriers, and the lack of financial incentives and the mismatching of market mechanism also hamper the promotion of … building energy efficiency. Finally, in view of the existing policies and barriers analysis, three corresponding policy …

In this paper we propose a framework which categorizes energy efficiency barriers based on the stage at which the … barriers exist. Barriers to energy efficiency have been widely studied but to our knowledge, except for a few studies, we found … behavior in a variety of different situations, we attempted to identify patterns of barriers to adoption of energy efficiency …

challenge. However, the implementation of smart grid technologies is rather slow. In this paper, we examine which barriers exist … incorporates contextual factors. Second, barriers to the implementation of smart grid technologies were gathered. We identified (1 …

explores barriers to load shift in industry from an end-user perspective. An online survey, based on a taxonomy of barriers … suggest that the most important barriers are risk of disruption of operations, impact on product quality, and uncertainty …-in-time production. A principal component analysis clusters the barriers and multivariate analysis with the factor scores confirms the …

approaches, very few zero carbon homes are being delivered. This paper explores the drivers and barriers for zero carbon … zero carbon homebuilding exist, the barriers are currently perceived to be greater than the drivers. The barriers are … industry support for the delivery of zero carbon homes are identified to address these barriers. The research findings …