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Objective: This article aims to identify and analyse the opinions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) entrepreneurs operating in the Silesian Voivodeship on the prospects of their companies in relation to the need to implement so-called green solutions. The key aim of the study was to identify differences in assessments of future developmen...
Ongoing climate change and increasing energy consumption are becoming a serious threat to international development efforts. To ensure a secure and sustainable future, local, national and regional authorities, as well as energy companies, need to be involved in improving energy efficiency and promoting rational energy use. The consumer is always at...
Scarcity of resources and their waste, as well as deteriorating quality of life and the environment, are pressing problems of modern civilisations. Rational and efficient energy consumption is one of the possibilities for preventing harmful practices and the degradation of ecosystems. Understanding the consumer’s way of thinking and acting by ident...
The objective of this article is to identify and characterize electricity users in terms of their attitudes towards energy saving. The analyses applied data from the proprietary survey conducted among the inhabitants of the Silesian Province. The respondents were asked, inter alia, about saving electricity through short- and long-term investment ac...
Energy consumption impacts the environment, humans’ well-being, comfort and quality of life. The article aimed to develop the original model of energy consumer segmentation, based on behavioural variables, which influence consumer decisions and motivations regardless of demographic, geographic and socio-cultural differences. The innovative contribu...
The issue of energy behaviour among Polish consumers, and especially the motives and attitudes they manifest, is relatively under-researched. This article attempts to identify individual attitudes and beliefs of energy consumers using the example of the residents of the province of Silesia (Poland). The authors conducted the expert segmentation of...
Ecosystem services are an important framework for linking ecological infrastructure to urban social infrastructure, which can benefit people and ecosystems. Designing, planning and managing of complex urban systems for health and wellbeing requires urban ecosystems that are both immune to systemic changes and managed sustainably. Literature review...
Celem opracowania jest identyfikacja podstawowych barier i korzyści zrównoważonego rozwoju gmin z punktu widzenia władz oraz wskazanie głównych kierunków i obszarów działań władzy publicznej w zakresie technicznych i środowiskowych usług publicznych. W artykule omówiono wyniki badań empirycznych przeprowadzonych w 2015 r. wśród gmin województwa wie...
Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie koncepcji Ekologicznej Społecznej Odpowiedzialności Biznesu, a także identyfikacja podstawowych korzyści i barier rozwoju idei ECSR w strategiach polskich firm, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem przedsiębiorstw w województwie śląskim. Do głównych przeszkód w prowadzeniu przedsięwzięć na rzecz ekologii oraz oddziałując...
The paper presents main barriers of creating a competitive energy market in Poland. Polish energy and gas sector in space of few recent years underwent breakthrough changes as far as regulations, structure, organisation and ownership are concerned. Drivers of change included the necessity to align national regulations with EU standards through tran...
The paper presents a strategic goals of Polish energy policy and its comparison with the European energy regulation. Polish power industry must cope with challenges of power policy of the EU. Especially with stricter emission requirements, implementation of EU rules, stricter competition on the EU market and promoting balanced development, includin...
