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Energy-efficiency measures at the Mexican Maquiladoras

The Central European Review of Economics and Management

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Title Energy-efficiency measures at the Mexican Maquiladoras
 
Creator Munguia, Nora
Velazquez, Luis
Ellenbecker, Michael
Esquer, Javier
Ojeda, Sara
Will, Markus
Delakowitz, Bernd
 
Subject Engineering; Industrial and Systems; Environmental
Energy efficiency, energy audits, Mexico, Maquiladoras, Climate Change
JEL Q40, Q47, Q49
 
Description The energy consumption worldwide by the industrial sector is expected to keep increasing during the coming years; generating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as unwanted byproducts. For that reason, industrial facilities must take concrete initiatives in order to decouple their production growth from their CO2 emission generation in order to decrease their contributions to global warming. Concerned that this is a world-wide problem, Mexican maquiladoras have started several energy-efficiency initiatives.  This article present the results of a descriptive and analytical study that has been conducted during the two first stages of the framework of the Cleaner Production Program focused on Energy Efficiency by the United Nations Environment Programme.  Findings reveal that, although electrical devices seem work efficiently; it is still possible to address energy waste.  It was also found that attaching the energy-efficiency approach to the cleaner production framework is a complicated task because, unlike emissions and toxic residues, energy inefficiencies are not easily visible, verifiable, or measurable. 
 
Publisher WSB University in Wroclaw Publishing Department
 
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Date 2015-11-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Scientific Article
Artykuł naukowy
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ojs.wsb.wroclaw.pl/index.php/WSBRJ/article/view/157
10.29015/cerem.157
 
Source The Central European Review of Economics and Management; Vol 15, No 7 (2015); 907-914
The Central European Review of Economics and Management; Vol 15, No 7 (2015); 907-914
2544-0365
2543-9472
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ojs.wsb.wroclaw.pl/index.php/WSBRJ/article/view/157/182
 
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