This paper analyses energy efficiency development in the German and Colombian textile industries as case studies, using three alternative indicators to measure energy efficiency performance. The study analyses energy efficiency in the textile industry at the ISIC three-digit level of aggregation...

This paper measures energy efficiency development in non-energy-intensive sectors (NEISs) in Germany and Colombia from a production-based theoretical framework using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Using data from the German and Colombian Annual Surveys of Industries from 1998 to 2005, the...

Las organizaciones hoy por hoy buscan aplicar un sistema de indicadores que evalúe la gestión y el desempeño del sector transporte en materia económica, social, ambiental e integral, con el fin de garantizar a las partes interesadas una información confiable sobre los resultados de...

Las auditorías integrales (calidad, ambiental y seguridad, y salud ocupacional) son hoy por hoy una herramienta que se ha consolidado en la gestión empresarial de cualquier organización como un elemento evaluador y de cierre del ciclo planear-hacer-verificar-actuar; que les permite a las...

Las certificaciones en sistemas de gestión de la calidad NTC ISO 9001/2000 y sistemas de gestión ambiental NTC ISO 14001/96, se han convertido en una prioridad para muchas organizaciones por las exigencias del mercado. Se presentan los resultados de un análisis cuantitativo de las empresas...

Using data at the three-digit level of aggregation, the study compares energy efficiency across sectors of the food industry for the period 1998-2005. Energy efficiency is analysed using the energy intensity indicator as well as a decomposition analysis. To determine the factors that have...

This paper presents an analysis of energy efficiency performance in the automotive industry from evidence of Germany and Colombia in order to show important features in energy use between countries with the different income between 1998 and 2007. We found that the automotive industry improved...

Improved Energy-Efficiency (EE) helps not only in enhancing competitiveness through cost reduction but also in minimising environmental degradation. A good understanding of factors influencing EE, however, is essential for EE improvement. This chapter attempts to determine these factors in the...

This paper investigates the effects of investments on energy efficiency performance using data from Colombian manufacturing industries. These industries were analysed as a whole and as energy intensive sectors and non-energy intensive sectors between 1998 and 2005. Using a simple factor demand...

This paper describes the energy efficiency development in the German and Colombian industrial sectors between 1998 and 2005. Using data at the two- and three-digit levels for the German and Colombian manufacturing industry, the performance of the industrial sector is analysed in terms of energy...