Realizing Energy Savings in the Public Sector

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Energy prices are increasing at a high rate, eating away at the municipalities’ operating budgets. With every energy efficiency investment opportunity that is bypassed, tax money is wasted. An investment in new street lighting technology presents financial, environmental and social benefits, yet few municipalities are replacing their lighting installations with more energy efficient technology. It is thereby interesting to look closer at the barriers hindering energy efficiency investments within municipalities. The overarching purpose of this thesis is to identify the most critical barriers hindering energy efficiency investments in local governments in Sweden, and provide practical solutions to the same. For this purpose, we examine municipal settings in order to understand the environment in which decisions are made. To identify and evaluate the barriers we exemplify an energy efficiency investment with one in public street lighting, in which we assess the latest developments within

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