title: Integrating energy and environmental management in wood furniture industry.
abstract: As energy costs continue to rise, industrial plants (even those of energy nonintensive industries such as furniture industry) need effective way to reduce the amount of energy they consume. Besides, there are a number of economic and environmental reasons why a company should consider environmental management initiatives. This paper provides a detailed guideline for implementing joint energy and environmental management system in wood furniture industrial company. It covers in detail all essential aspects of the system: initial system assessment, organization, policy development, energy and environmental auditing, action plan development, system promotion, checking system performance, and management review.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Sestre Janjić 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dušan
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1058-5810
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gordić
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Sestre Janjić 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
authors.forename: Milun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babić
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Sestre Janjić 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jelić
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Sestre Janjić 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Konćalović
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Sestre Janjić 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vukašinović
mesh_terms: D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004777:Environment; D007221:Industry / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000379:methods*; D014934:Wood