Energy Sustainability Sensing in Manufacturing SMEs: Overview, Perspectives and
Assessment Approaches
1. Introduction 15
1.1. Context of the study . 15
1.2. Main challenges identified in the studies 18
1.3. Study aim and objectives 21
1.4. Methods and approach. 24
1.5. Scope of the current research 27
1.6. Data collection 28
1.7. Structure of the report. 29
2. Background for energy and sustainability studies in manufacturing.
30
2.1. Energy foundation 36
2.2. Energy efficiency for sustainability within manufacturing systems. .
40
3. Sustainability and its importance 42
3.1. Design for energy sustainability . 45
3.2. Actors in energy sustainability in manufacturing. 47
3.3 The drivers for energy sustainability in manufacturing 48
4. Balancing energy environment and sustainability: the effect and perspective
of energy policy instruments. 53
4.1. The legislative basis for energy efficiency andsustainability in the industrial
sector. 53
4.2. Current energy trends in Poland compared to IEA average . 57
4.3. The main instruments employed worldwide to foster energy efficiency and reduce CO2
(decarobonising) in the industrial sector in Poland . 59
4.4. Industrial energy efficiency programs, incentives or projects fostering
sustainability. . 62
4.5. Energy auditing as the energy efficiency measurement tool. .
64
4.6. Focus on industrial multiple benefits of energy efficiency. 64
5. State of the art in sustainability assessment methodologies:
interdisciplinary perspectives . 70
5.1. Sustainability based assessment approaches 70
5.2. Sustainability indicators and measures used for manufacturing.
91
6. Resumé of the author’s achievements in the field of production
engineering from 2013-2018 106
6.1. 2013-14 Dekaban Fellowships. 106
6.2. An overview of appended paper. . 116
7. Conclusions and further research. . 129
7.1. Academic contribution 129
7.2. Industrial contribution. 141
7.3. Suggestions for future works 142
7.3. Conclusions. 144
References. 148
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