| Title |
Energy management in manufacturing: Toward eco-factories of the future - A focus group study |
| ID_Doc |
32345 |
| Authors |
May, G; Stahl, B; Taisch, M |
| Title |
Energy management in manufacturing: Toward eco-factories of the future - A focus group study |
| Year |
2016 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.044 |
| Abstract |
The integration of environmental sustainability and eco-efficiency has been recognized as a means to foster economic and environmental performance, increase competitiveness and use it as a lever to spur innovation. Besides integrating green technologies in the manufacturing system, putting environmental goals on the company agenda, and pursuing green norms and directives, the question is: quo vadis eco-factory? Based on a focus group study with 22 European experts and high-level representatives from industry, policy-makers and academia, we raised the question of what might be the research directions and solutions for eco-factories in the next 20 years. Our two major findings suggest that (i) research should more focus on the opportunities that human participants in a manufacturing system can foster change toward eco-factories and that (ii) firm-intern characteristics like enabling environmental capability, organization and structure will likely determine upon successful transition and increased competitiveness. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Author Keywords |
Energy efficiency; Sustainability; Eco-factory; Focus group; Energy management; Production |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000372379700057 |
| WoS Category |
Energy & Fuels; Engineering, Chemical |
| Research Area |
Energy & Fuels; Engineering |
| PDF |
https://re.public.polimi.it/bitstream/11311/979225/4/11311-979225%20Taisch.pdf
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