Nakon pristupanja Republike Hrvatske Europskoj uniji prihvaćena su određena pravila ponašanja iz aspekta energetike i zaštite okoliša te su EU Direktive implementirane u vlastiti zakonodavni okvir. Financijske barijere, nedostatak povjerenja u poduzeća koje se bave energetskim uslugama i ESCO (Energy Service Company) projektima, nedostatak stručnih znanja i informiranosti korporativnih donositelja odluka o mogućnostima povećanja konkurentnosti poduzeća provedbom projekata energetske učinkovitosti samo su neke od prepreke u provedbi projekata poboljšanja energetske učinkovitosti na kojima se temeljio problem istraživanja ovog stručnog specijalističkog rada. S druge strane predmet istraživanja činila su odabrana poduzeća te njihov način gospodarenja energijom i provedbu projekata energetske učinkovitosti sa svrhom održivog poslovanja, budućeg rasta, otvaranja novih radnih mjesta te zaštite okoliša. Na temelju provedenog sekundarnog i primanog istraživanje može se zaključiti kako je kontinuirano gospodarenja energijom i provedbe projekata energetske učinkovitosti u poduzećima sa svrhom održivog poslovanja, budućeg rasta, otvaranja novih radnih mjesta te zaštite okoliša od strateške važnosti.

After the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, certain rules of conduct regarding energy and environmental protection have been adopted and the EU Directives are implemented in their own legislative framework. Financial barriers, lack of confidence in energy service companies and ESCO (Energy Service Company) projects, lack of expertise and information of corporate decision-makers on opportunities to increase enterprise competitiveness by implementing energy efficiency projects are just some of the obstacles to implementing energy efficiency improvement projects which was based on the research problem of this specialized specialist work. On the other hand, the subject matter of the survey was the selected enterprises and their way of energy management and the implementation of energy efficiency projects for the purpose of sustainable business, future growth, job creation and environmental protection. Based on the conducted secondary and primary research it can be concluded that continuous energy management and implementation of energy efficiency projects in enterprises with the purpose of sustainable business, future growth, job creation and environmental protection are of strategic importance.