Management practices and manufacturing firm responses to a randomized energy audit
Nature Energy, Published online: 11 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41560-025-01729-5New research finds that a randomized energy audit intervention reduced metal processing firms’ unit cost of electricity by 8%, primarily by informing managers that they were overpaying for electricity, and had an insignificant net effect on electricity use and associated greenhouse gas emissions.

Nature Energy, Published online: 11 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41560-025-01729-5New research finds that a randomized energy audit intervention reduced metal processing firms’ unit cost of electricity by 8%, primarily by informing managers that they were overpaying for electricity, and had an insignificant net effect on electricity use and associated greenhouse gas emissions.