Industrial Ecology
Definitions:
“Industrial ecology is the means by which humanity can deliberately and rationally ap- proach and maintain a desirable carrying capacity, given continued economic, cultural and technological evolution. The concept requires that an industrial system be viewed not in isolation from its surrounding systems, but in concert with them. It is a system view in which one seeks to optimize the total materials cycle from virgin material, to finished material, to product, to waste product, and to ultimate disposal. Factors to be optimized include resources, energy and capital.”iii
“The aim of industrial ecology is to interpret and adapt an understanding of the natural system and apply it to the design of the manmade system, in order to achieve a pattern of industrialization that is not only more efficient, but that is intrinsically adjusted to the tolerances and characteristics of the natural system. The emphasis is on forms of tech- nology that work with natural systems, not against them... Applied industrial ecology is an integrated management and technical program including:
1. The creation of industrial ecosystems
2. Balancing industrial input and output to natural ecosystem capacity
3. Dematerialization of industrial output
4. Improving the metabolic pathways of industrial processes and materials use.
5. Systemic patterns of energy use
6. Policy alignment with a long-term perspective of industrial ecosystem evolution.”iv
Relationships
Industrial ecology can be considered the ”production” component of sustainable development. The most important aspect of industrial ecology is the idea of industry as an system in which there is no waste at any step because all “waste”is a resource for another part of the industry network. Individual firms participate in industrial ecology by considering how their activities fit into the larger industrial system, for example, what other industries can use our company wastes as inputs, and how can we work with them? This concept is thus one of the relationship and dynamics between companies. To make industrial ecology work of course requires con- scious application of the lower level concepts on the staircase as well as a motivation to sustainable development.
Industrial ecology is the most realizable macro-scale goal of the concerned executive. Sustain- able development is a fuzzy concept, but partnering with other industries to turn wastes into profits, or using others’ wastes as free resources, is not fuzzy at all. The concepts below indus- trial ecology are all fundamental to making industrial ecology successful.
Commentary
The two definitions above can be considered about the most authoritative ones available simply because there are not very many publications on the subject. Industrial ecology is still a very new concept and phrase, and is not recognized by most industry executives.
Industrial EcologyDefinitions:“Industrial ecology is the means by which humanity can deliberately and rationally ap- proach and maintain a desirable carrying capacity, given continued economic, cultural and technological evolution. The concept requires that an industrial system be viewed not in isolation from its surrounding systems, but in concert with them. It is a system view in which one seeks to optimize the total materials cycle from virgin material, to finished material, to product, to waste product, and to ultimate disposal. Factors to be optimized include resources, energy and capital.”iii“The aim of industrial ecology is to interpret and adapt an understanding of the natural system and apply it to the design of the manmade system, in order to achieve a pattern of industrialization that is not only more efficient, but that is intrinsically adjusted to the tolerances and characteristics of the natural system. The emphasis is on forms of tech- nology that work with natural systems, not against them... Applied industrial ecology is an integrated management and technical program including:1. The creation of industrial ecosystems2. Balancing industrial input and output to natural ecosystem capacity3. Dematerialization of industrial output4. Improving the metabolic pathways of industrial processes and materials use.5. Systemic patterns of energy use6. Policy alignment with a long-term perspective of industrial ecosystem evolution.”ivRelationshipsIndustrial ecology can be considered the ”production” component of sustainable development. The most important aspect of industrial ecology is the idea of industry as an system in which there is no waste at any step because all “waste”is a resource for another part of the industry network. Individual firms participate in industrial ecology by considering how their activities fit into the larger industrial system, for example, what other industries can use our company wastes as inputs, and how can we work with them? This concept is thus one of the relationship and dynamics between companies. To make industrial ecology work of course requires con- scious application of the lower level concepts on the staircase as well as a motivation to sustainable development.Industrial ecology is the most realizable macro-scale goal of the concerned executive. Sustain- able development is a fuzzy concept, but partnering with other industries to turn wastes into profits, or using others’ wastes as free resources, is not fuzzy at all. The concepts below indus- trial ecology are all fundamental to making industrial ecology successful.CommentaryThe two definitions above can be considered about the most authoritative ones available simply because there are not very many publications on the subject. Industrial ecology is still a very new concept and phrase, and is not recognized by most industry executives.
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