Reinterpreting industrial ecology jensen 2011 journal of. Feb 01, 1992 industrial ecology is a new approach to the industrial design of products and processes and the implementation of sustainable manufacturing strategies. However, in order to avoid any confusion, we should like to specify what is meant here by industrial metabolism and industrial ecology. The first text available devoted completely to industrial ecologygreen engineering, this introduction provides everything instructors need to teach a successful courseincluding visualsin one source. The term industrial ecology was conceived to suggest that industrial activity can be thought of and approached in much the same way as a biological ecosystem and that in its ideal form it would strive toward integration of activities and cyclization of resources, as do natural ecosystems. The first text available devoted completely to industrial ecology green engineering, this introduction provides everything instructors need to teach a successful courseincluding visualsin one source. Always remember that ecology is a science, not a sociopolitical movement e. Ayres research associate, centre for the management of environmental. Industrial ecology, resource decoupling, and the master. This article argues that industrial ecology has, to date, largely engaged with the ecological sciences at a superficial level, which has both attracted criticism of the field and limited its practical application for sustainable industrial development.
Industrial ecosystems industrial ecology suggests using the design of ecosys tems to guide the redesign of industrial systems. Industrial ecosystems and food webs center for biologically. Industrial ecology ie is a field of study focused on the stages of the production processes of goods and services from a point of view of nature, trying to mimic a natural system by conserving and reusing resources chertow, 2008. Ecological engineering department at least one million 000 square. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Box 111, 80101 joensuu, finland received 21 march 2000. This context is valuable even at this early stage of ie development. Industrial ecology is the study of the means by which humanity can deliberately and rationally approach and maintain a desirable carrying capacity, given continued economic, cultural, and technological evolution. Four ecosystem principles for an industrial ecosys. You can conserve the soft file of this book industrial ecology and sustainable engineering, by braden r. Industrial symbiosis a subset of industrial ecology.
Ecology ecology from the greek oikos meaning house or dwelling, and logos meaning discourse is the study of the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment. Lifset the industrial ecology of renewable resources because of the name chosen for industrial ecology, the biological analogy is perhaps industrial ecologys most salient feature, but it is by no means the only notion that drives the field. The core intellectual framework for iem is the systems science of industrial ecology, which examines materials, water and energy in a common framework. A work in progress for sustainably connecting the environment, economy, government, and society image taken from pollution kenneth rosales 121212 urbp 200 prevetti.
H graedel additional information about our vibrant department with less pollution and general research. Industrial ecology a policy brief by jennifer munholfen, alesha myers, kim ng lily nierenberg, chris nosal, maryann nowak. Industrial ecology is a relatively new field of science that has rapidly developed over the last two decades. Industry is an interrelated system of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal. Development of industrial ecology as an academic field is an international trend cox, b. Four ecosystem principles for an industrial ecosystem. Pdf reinterpreting industrial ecology matthew leach. Social aspects of industrial symbiosis networks vol. Reinterpreting industrial ecology, journal of industrial. Read chinese abstracts journal of industrial ecology volume 15, number 5, journal of industrial ecology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Enhancing the potential policy impact of industrial ecology mdpi. Advancing industrial ecology in the south african context the adoption of industrial ecology in south africa suggests that the most progress in terms of institutionalizing the field can be made through industrial. This article argues that industrial ecology has, to date, largely engaged with the ecological sciences at a superficial level, which has both attracted criticism of the field and limited its. Sustainability hierarchy marshall and toffel actions are unsustainable that level 4 reduce quality of life.
Includes discussion of the environmental impact of common industrial approaches, with special emphasis given to the longterm effects. The field of industrial ecology aims to transform industry into cyclical systems so that. Hefinds the metabolism ofthis entity to be responsive to economic forcing and shows how price. Industrial metabolism is the whole of materials and energy flows going through the industrial system. Industrial ecology offers an analytic tool that can be applied in various ways and at various levels of economic aggregation. Reinterpreting industrial ecology jensen 2011 journal. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. Hefinds the metabolism ofthis entity to be responsive to economic forcing and shows how price signals to that entity for such factors as the true value of natural resources can alter the metabolism ofa corporation. Chapter 3 industrial ecology and sustainable engineering concepts 52 3. Because the field is still emerging, considerable debate exists over industrial ecology s use and value in differ ent contexts.
Summary this article argues that industrial ecology has, to date, largely engaged with the ecological sciences at a superficial level, which has. Reinterpreting industrial ecology wiley online library. A handbook of industrial ecology edited by robert u. The global industrial economy can be modelled as a network of industrial processes that extract resources from the earth and transform those resources into commodities which can be bought and sold to meet the needs of humanity. A policy brief on industrial ecology 2 industrial ecology industrial ecology ie is an evolving framework that examines the impact of industry and technology on the biophysical environment.
Industrial ecology ie is the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems. At this point industrial ecology s greatest power lies in the whole systems context for design and decision that it offers. Industrial ecology and competitiveness universidad icesi. In an industrial ecosystem, the waste produced by one company would be used as resources by another.
The natural world is a source of models of efficiency and of. Using the url or doi link below will ensure access to this page indefinitely. This is the accepted version of the following article. A handbook of industrial ecology universitas negeri padang. Provide leadership in collaboration with the topic areas of. Abstract industrial ecology is a new approach to the designing and operating industrial systems as living systems interdependent with natural systems. Industrial ecology department of energy and process. Industrial ecology in a nutshell so far, there is no standard definition of industrial ecology. The coauthor of the first textbook on the subject industrial ecology, prentice hall, 1995, he has since written three more books and a number of scholarly articles on aspects of industrial ecology. The global industrial economy can be modelled as a network of industrial processes that extract resources from the earth and transform those resources into commodities which can be bought and sold to meet t. We also propose that the metrics used in an ecological analysis of eips be calculated from an fw matrix.
Susanne hartard industrial ecology trier university of applied sciences umweltcampus birkenfeld 2 umweltcampus birkenfeld metabolic diseases simonis 2005 of the industrial society non renewable base materials substance variety synthetic substances. Ecological principles and ecosystem science must be applied to industry in the same manner as they are applied to, say, a given form of woodland, a particular. One of the earliest appearances of the term industrial ecosystem occurred in 1977 in a paper presented by the american geochem. It describes how a network of diverse organizations can foster ecoinnovation and longterm culture change, create and share mutually profitable transactionsand improve business and technical processes. Smarts essay 3 asks why an individual entity in the industrial ecology system is motivated to act in ways that benefit the system. Reinterpreting industrial ecology surrey research insight.
Set them too conservatively and the potential of the. Pdf international perspectives on industrial ecology. National industrial symbiosis programme delivered by international synergies ltd and the university of surreys centre for environmental strategy ces in guildford, surrey, uk. This is not around just how a lot this ebook industrial ecology, by t. Reinterpreting sustainable architecture we suggest that a more appropriate way to understand this strategic diversity lies in abandoning the search for a true or incontestable definition of sustainable buildings, and instead treating the concept in a relative rather than an absolute sense as a means of raising. Eco industrial principles and industrial ecology 1.
In this article, we explore one di mension of industrial ecology. Defining industrial ecology industrialecology is the study of the interactions between industrial and ecological systems. Industrial ecology was in developmental stage in 1989 ayres, r. Free pdf industrial ecology and sustainable engineering, by braden r. Concepts, system view and approaches chetan choudhary, rajasthan institute of engineering and technology, jaipur. Graedel it will depend upon your extra time and also tasks to open and also read this book industrial ecology and sustainable engineering, by braden r. Industrial ecology seeks to quantify the material flows and document the. It describes how a network of diverse organizations can foster ecoinnovation and longterm culture change, create and share mutually profitable transactions and improve business and technical processes.
Industrial ecology wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Reinterpreting industrial ecology by lauren basson. Pdf this article argues that industrial ecology has, to date, largely engaged with the ecological sciences at a superficial level, which has both. A policy brief on industrial ecology cornell university. Industrial ecology an overview sciencedirect topics. Ayres sandoz professor of environment and management, professor of economics and director of the centre for the management of environmental resources at the european business school, insead, france and leslie w. This metaphor between industrial and natural ecosystems is fundamental to industrial ecology. Students can pursue specialization and certification through the m. Industrial ecology involves the study of the flows of materials and energy through socioeconomic systems with a view to optimizing their use.
Pdf reinterpreting industrial ecology researchgate. It seeks to balance environmental and economic performance within the emerging understanding of local. Lecture notes systems perspectives on industrial ecology. Reinterpreting industrial ecology reinterpreting industrial ecology jensen, paul d basson, lauren. Ayres industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a stateoftheart overviews of the subject. Group, was specifically commissioned to further develop the idea of a reinterpretation of the industrial system in terms. Four ecosystem principles for an industrial ecosystem jouni korhonen university of joensuu, department of economics, p. Industrial ecology department of energy and process engineering. Industrial ecology is one of a number of new fields of study, such as. The importance of the ecological metaphor in understanding. Another report was published by the same group in 1973 which included case studies.
It is part of a larger concept called ecological modernization, which is concerned with the integration of environmental issues into production. Integrating industrial ecology thinking into the management of mining waste article pdf available in resources 44. It is argued that industrial ecology should not be seen as a metaphor for industrial development. Industrial production must be subject to lifecycle analysis so as to identify materials pathways industrial metabolism.
Oct 01, 2011 reinterpreting industrial ecology reinterpreting industrial ecology jensen, paul d basson, lauren. Industrial ecology is a school of thought based, in part, upon a simple analogy between industrial systems and ecological systems in terms of their material and energy flows. Introduction and history industrial ecology is an approach based upon systems engineering and ecological principles that integrates the production and consumption aspects of the. Industrial ecology ie is now a branch of systems science for sustainability or a framework for designing and operating industrial systems as sustainable systems interdependent with natural systems. Pdf integrating industrial ecology thinking into the. Industrial ecology and industrial ecosystems sciencedirect. Beyond this attractive but fuzzy notion, little has been done to explore the usefulness of the analogy. Industrial ecology makes a self conscious effort to take a. Industrial ecology and sustainable engineering pdf by t. It is a concept in which an industrial system is viewed not in isolation from its surrounding systems but in concert with them. Graedel setting out the goals and boundaries of an emerging.