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Productivity benefits of industrial energy efficiency measures [electronic resource].

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Berkeley, Calif. : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Environmental Energy Technologies Division, 2004.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Environmental Energy Technologies Division, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
We review the relationship between energy efficiency improvement measures and productivity in industry. We review over 70 industrial case studies from widely available published databases, followed by an analysis of the representation of productivity benefits in energy modeling. We propose a method to include productivity benefits in the economic assessment of the potential for energy efficiency improvement. The case-study review suggests that energy efficiency investments can provide a significant boost to overall productivity within industry. If this relationship holds, the description of energy-efficient technologies as opportunities for larger productivity improvements has significant implications for conventional economic assessments. The paper explores the implications this change in perspective on the evaluation of energy-efficient technologies for a study of the iron and steel industry in the US. This examination shows that including productivity benefits explicitly in the modeling parameters would double the cost-effective potential for energy efficiency improvement, compared to an analysis excluding those benefits. We provide suggestions for future research in this important area.
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E 1.99:lbnl-52727
lbnl-52727
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Published through SciTech Connect.
08/30/2004.
"lbnl-52727"
Energy 28 11 ISSN 0360-5442; OINODG FT
Worrell, Ernst; Laitner, John A.; Michael, Ruth; Finman, Hodayah.
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DE-AC02-05CH11231
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