SME’s, energy efficiency, innovation : a reflection on materials and energy transition emerging from a research on SMEs and the practice of Energy Audit / Andrea Declich in MATERIAUX & TECHNIQUES, Vol. 108, N° 5-6 (2020)  

[article]  inMATERIAUX & TECHNIQUES > Vol. 108, N° 5-6 (2020) . - 10 p. Titre : SME’s, energy efficiency, innovation : a reflection on materials and energy transition emerging from a research on SMEs and the practice of Energy Audit Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Andrea Declich, Auteur ; Gabriele Quinti, Auteur ; Paolo Signore, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : 10 p. Note générale : Bibliogr. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Économie circulaire L'économie circulaire est une expression générique désignant un concept économique qui s'inscrit dans le cadre du développement durable et s'inspirant notamment des notions d'économie verte, d’économie de l'usage ou de l'économie de la fonctionnalité, de l'économie de la performance et de l'écologie industrielle (laquelle veut que le déchet d'une industrie soit recyclé en matière première d'une autre industrie ou de la même). Son objectif est de produire des biens et services tout en limitant fortement la consommation et le gaspillage des matières premières, et des sources d'énergies non renouvelables ; Selon la fondation Ellen Mac Arthur (créée pour promouvoir l'économie circulaire1), il s'agit d'une économie industrielle qui est, à dessein ou par intention, réparatrice et dans laquelle les flux de matières sont de deux types bien séparés ; les nutriments biologiques, destinés à ré-entrer dans la biosphère en toute sécurité, et des intrants techniques ("technical nutrients"), conçus pour être recyclés en restant à haut niveau de qualité, sans entrer dans la biosphère Efficacité énergétique Innovations -- Aspect social Matériaux Petites et moyennes entreprises Index. décimale : 658.02 Gestion des entreprises selon leur taille Résumé : The paper presents some results emerging from the EC funded INNOVEAS project, particularly from a study on the non-economic factors that prevent (or facilitate) the adoption of energy efficiency measures and energy audits by SMEs. This study and its results are relevant for a reflection on the role of SMEs for the adoption of new business practices and technologies (including materials) that are conducive to a green transition. Attention will be paid also to those obstacles and facilitating factors that are relevant for the promotion of the circular economy – which is also, in fact, a strategy for achieving energy efficiency. The paper is based on the view that materials are a special type of technology and, as such, are the result of a social construction process. From this angle, materials can be thought of also by considering the actors involved in the process of their development and use. The life cycle of materials, in particular, must be analyzed also considering the role that different actors play in it; not only the technical characteristics of the materials have to be considered, but also the social context of development and application of materials. Such assumptions can be used also for interpreting the role of the actors in the challenges that contemporary societies are facing, particularly the promotion of energy saving and of the circular economy and more generally the transition towards decarbonization and dematerialization. In this paper, the focus is on a particular type of actors, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). They constitute a plethora of economic actors operating in numerous production sectors and at different levels of the value chains. SMEs orientations are important for achieving a better knowledge of the cycle of materials, especially in relation to the possibility of directing it towards the pursuit of environmental objectives such as energy saving and the circular economy. The paper stresses that considering the role of SMEs in such wide social and economic innovation process should illustrate peculiar aspects of the "internal" life of SMEs (culture, organizational skills, etc.) as well as the interaction with other actors within the context of operation of SMEs. Note de contenu : - Connections between energy efficiency, circular economy, and materials - SMEs and energy efficiency measures : The importance of the context - Obstacles met by SMEs - Obstacles met by the actors working with SMEs - Some remarks about "drivers" to the practice of EEMs and EAs - An interpretative framework - Conclusion : obstacles to energy efficiency, obstacles to new materials - Table 1 : Classification of barriers according to four categories Référence de l'article : 505 DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2020036 En ligne : https://www.mattech-journal.org/articles/mattech/full_html/2020/05/mt200065/mt20 [...] Format de la ressource électronique : Pdf Permalink : https://e-campus.itech.fr/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=35978 [article]

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