BARRIERS TO THE ADOPTION OF EFFICIENT ELECTRICITY TECHNOLOGIES - A CASE-STUDY OF INDIA

This paper presents the results of the study on the barriers to the im plementation of various electricity efficient technologies. To identif y the barriers, held surveys were conducted in the residential, indust rial and commercial sectors and professionals in India. The results in dicate that lack of awareness, high initial cost, uncertainty of savin gs and non-availability were some of the major barriers. The barriers were then ranked according to their relative importance in the residen tial, industrial and commercial sectors. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, L td.