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| Titel: |
Energy Efficiency Business Options for Industrial End Users in Colombia's Competitive Energy Market |
| Auteur: |
Botero, S. Chejne, F. Deason, J. Romano, R. |
| Verschenen in: |
Energy engineering |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 100 (2003) nr. 4 pagina's 58-79 |
| Jaar: |
2003-07-01 |
| Inhoud: |
Energy markets in Latin America and worldwide are being restructured from monopolies, either state-owned or privately owned strictly regulated, to be more openly competitive and incorporate more participation from the private sector. Thus, the schemes that were formerly developed to foster end use energy efficiency are no longer applicable because they were based on mandatory regulations made with political decisions, without sufficiently considering economic feasibility. A consensus exists that the only way energy efficiency could survive in this new paradigm is by being market oriented, and giving better services and additional options to users. However, there is very little information on what end users prefer, and which options would most satisfy customers. Using Colombia as a case study, this research determines and categorizes the energy efficiency business options for large energy end users that can freely participate in the competitive energy market. The energy efficiency market is understood as a market of services aiming to increase efficiency in energy use. These services can be grouped into seven business options. A survey, following the descriptive method, was sent to energy end users in order to determine their preferences for specific energy efficiency business options, as well as the decision-making criteria taken into account for such options. These data were categorized in ten industry groups. As a conclusion, the energy efficiency providers should adapt not only to the economic activity or processes of each customer, but also to the potential business options. It was also found that not all industries consider performance contracting as their most preferred options; as a matter of fact, some industries show much higher preference for conventional business options. Among end users, the divergence in option preferences contrasted with the convergence in decision-making criteria. The decision-making criterion cost-benefit ratio overwhelms all other criteria. End users appear to chose a specific option mostly for better economic returns, giving low consideration to other criteria. |
| Uitgever: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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