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The Energy Performance in the Italian Public Administration: State of the Art and Future Prospects

Author(s)

Ornella Malandrino, Daniela Sica
Stefania Supino

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DOI:10.17265/2328-7144/2017.06.006

Affiliation(s)

University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
San Raffaele University, Rome, Italy

ABSTRACT

The commitment to improve energy and environmental performance in public administration is essential for the success of development models geared towards lasting sustainability. The Public Administration (PA) in Italy, in particular, plays a key role to affirm models of development oriented towards energy and environmental sustainability, thanks to a wider and more innovative vision. The PA has a dual consumer/user role, public heritage and decision maker/planner, in promoting energy efficiency at local level, in the light of specific problems and peculiarities. For several decades, initiatives have been launched at various levels to improve energy and environmental performance in the public administration. The aim of this study is to outline from a critical perspective, the state of the art of policy makers in Italy concerning energy efficiency measures in public administration. There are however many cultural, value-related, financial, technological, institutional, and operational issues in the PA sector that limit investments in energy efficiency. It should be noted that if on one hand the PA shows a lack of knowledge and is unwilling to adopt practices and systemic tools for monitoring and control, on the other, in terms of bureaucracy, the system appears to be far too complicated and costly. The multiple benefits linked to improved energy performance would therefore require that the PA rethink their organizational and functional models, put in place more flexible and less bureaucratic forms of management and a more dynamic, pervasive, and proactive approach towards initiatives that promote energy efficiency. The research is a contribution towards identifying the driving forces behind potential systems and tools for energy efficiency in the PA, highlighting both critical elements and opportunities and, in particular, the limits deriving from the technological, managerial, and organizational options available for energy efficiency enhancement in the sector of the Italian PA.

KEYWORDS

energy efficiency, Public Administration, policy maker, sustainability development, low carbon economy, energy performance

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Economics World, Nov.-Dec. 2017, Vol. 5, No. 6, 553-559 doi: 10.17265/2328-7144/2017.06.006

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The Energy Performance in the Italian Public Administration: State of the Art and Future Prospects

Ornella Malandrino, Daniela Sica Stefania Supino

Ornella Malandrino, Daniela Sica
Stefania Supino