Sustainability: how energy service companies (ESCO) contribute?

Abstract

ABSTRACT
• Sustainability is currently a common term used more and 
more frequently in the academic literature and in the public 
communications of companies. This is an indicative that 
suggests that more and more sustainability is understood as 
a challenge that involves not only environmental aspects, 
but also as an integrative concept including economic, 
environmental and social aspects that should be a key pillar 
of the most highly innovative and advanced companies in 
the twenty first century. This study has been developed over 
several years, collecting detailed information on more than two 
hundreds different ESCO projects (Energy Service Company) 
in Spain, during five years (2010 to 2014). The aim of this 
research is related to obtain a better understanding of an 
issue that is a concern: to what extend these projects that are 
seeking the efficient reduction of energy from collaboration 
between companies, could contribute to the integrated vision 
of sustainability, as a platform for the integration of economic 
and environmental. 
• Keywords: Sustainability, energy service projects, ESCO 
organizations