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Energy Savings in Production Processes as a Key Component of the Global Energy Problem—The Introduction to the Special Issue of Energies

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    (Faculty on Engineering Management, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45A, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland)

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It is critical to address energy issues as we move through the first half of the twenty-first century, as societies become firmly aware of the consequences of resource scarcity and the disastrous consequences of climate change from human activity (especially heavy industry) [...]

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  • Wieslaw Urban, 2022. "Energy Savings in Production Processes as a Key Component of the Global Energy Problem—The Introduction to the Special Issue of Energies," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-4, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:14:p:5158-:d:864064
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