Measuring Energy Efficiency in order to Improve Environmental Social Responsibility )With Emphasis on Knowledge-Based Economy Indicators(

Energy is one of the main production inputs, and therefore attention to energy efficiency is necessary to achieve a higher level of growth. Considering the energy crisis in the present period, which is one of the important and necessary challenges, especially in developing countries, including Iran, energy optimal consumption plays an important role in the development of countries and improving the social responsibilities of the environment. Therefore, the current research aims to measure energy efficiency in order to improve the social responsibility of the environment (with an emphasis on knowledge-based economy indicators) in the provinces of Iran in the period of 1386-1394 using data envelope analysis (DEA) and Deap software. The average of energy efficiency with consideration of the indicators of the knowledge-based economy shows that the provinces of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad (1.00), Ilam (0.99), and North Khorasan (0.99) are the most, and Qazvin (0.25), Sistan and Baluchistan (0.26) and Hormozgan (0.27) provinces have the lowest average of energy efficiency for all factors.