Municipalities are seen as key actors when it comes to improving energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. The overall aim of this thesis is to analyze how municipalities support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their work to improve their energy efficiency. The purpose of this study is to increase the current understanding of how the methods and tools used by municipalities to assist SMEs in improving their energy efficiency influence the end results in terms of achieved energy efficiency. Case studies have been done in two municipalities. One conclusion is that SMEs need a platform where they can discuss and actively integrate through practice received information into their existing knowledge.
This thesis contribute to the energy efficiency debate by examining how information, knowledge creation and the type of technological solution can have effects on how municipalities support energy efficiency work.
Fredrik Backman is a researcher at the Department of Thematic
Studies — Technology and Social Change at Linköping University, Sweden.
Energy efficiency in
Swedish SMEs
Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences No. 742
Fredrik Backman
Fre dr ik B ack m an E ne rg y e ffi cie ncy i n S w ed ish SM Es 2 018FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences No. 742, 2018 Department of Thematic StudiesLinköping University SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
