Research to assess the barriers and drivers to energy efficiency in small and medium sized enterprises

Brown, P; Sherriff, GA

Abstract

This report is based on a small scale, Department of Energy and Climate Change commissioned, research project to better understand the barriers and drivers to energy efficiency faced by individual firms, particularly small and medium sized enterprises. This report is based on both qualitative and quantitative research and focuses on late stage barriers (where firms already have information on the type, costs and savings of the energy efficiency measures available to them). The research illustrates the wide range of motivations and barriers cited by businesses but shows there are no simple explanations for businesses behavior around take up of energy efficiency.

Citation

Brown, P., & Sherriff, G. (2014). Research to assess the barriers and drivers to energy efficiency in small and medium sized enterprises

• Report Type: Project Report
• Publication Date: Nov 16, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jul 3, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 9, 2019
• Publisher URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-to-assess-the-barriers-and-drivers-to-energy-efficiency-in-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises
• Additional Information: Access Information : Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0