Supply chain management in industrial symbiosis networks phd thesis gabor herczeg. The potential role of innovation poles raffaella taddeo 1, alberto simboli 1, giuseppe ioppolo 2 and anna morgante 1 1 department of economic studies, university g. Dec 08, 2017 the rizhao eco industrial park, also known as reda, is a living testament to the growth of industrial symbiosis in china. March 2016 technical university of denmark dtu management engineering institut for systemer, produktion og ledelse produktionstorvet 424 dk2800 kgs.
Banian is the local name for the white vests used mostly by men in india. Having completed their own due diligence, more than 20 countries have now implemented the model. Economic analysis of resource efficiency policies 2 4 potential 49 5 policies gathered 56 5. Economic and environmental impacts from industrial symbiosis exchanges. A case study of industrial symbiosis in the humber. According to white 1994 the focus of industrial ecology is the study of the flows of materials and energy in industrial and consumer activities, of the effects of this flows on the. Current status, emerging challenges, and future prospects of. Social aspects of industrial symbiosis networks vol. Nov 11, 2019 inherently, studies on symbiosis are destined to be interdisciplinary, encompassing the fields of ecology, evolution, genomics, and cellular and molecular biology. In this study, we presents an case study to illustrate that applying the concept of industrial and regional symbiosis can be one countermeasure to address the challenges of resource dependent cities, through optimizing the material and energy flow within industries and between industries and urban.
Industrial symbiosis is engages traditionally separate industries in a collective approach to competitive advantage involving the physical exchange of material, energy, water, andor byproducts. Established in 1991 in the port city of rizhao, reda was part of the first wave of chinese industrial parks that incorporated byproduct exchanges and sharing of infrastructure into the core business model of its firms. Significant challenges exist, though, if the company is to continue to prosper in the volatile globalized. Scaling european resources with industrial symbiosis 5 abstract the objective of this report is to provide an evidence base of best practices in industrial symbiosis. Industrial symbiosis and residual recovery in the nanjangud. Challenges to the uptake of industrial symbiosis for improved waste. The challenge since joining, camden has used the industrial symbiosis service to source suitable supplies of upvc windows and profile off cuts that can be reused in its window profile manufacturing process. Openideo food system vision prize symbiosis centre for. Global efforts are in force to solve both energy and waste problems. Industrial symbiosis dynamics and the problem of equivalence. Case study kalundborg 2 information and training resources. Industrial symbiosis denotes a relationship between unrelated but colocated businesses that share resources for mutual profit viewed in the perspective of industrial ecology 15. Acting cooperatively, operating costs can be reduced and new business and job opportunities open up.
Industrial symbiosis ecoindustrial development section update. Uncovering industrial symbiosis center for industrial ecology. Operations to date support some of the fundamental concepts of industrial symbiosis. Jul 25, 2016 the national industrial symbiosis program nisp model was developed and first delivered in the uk, starting in 2005. Industrial symbiosis and waste recovery in an indian industrial area. Technical derisking of woodenergy industrial symbiosis. Pdf on jan 1, 2015, vito albino and others published industrial symbiosis. Challenges to the uptake of industrial symbiosis for. Case study selection criteria were based on models of eco industrial parks proposed by chertow 2000. Prospects of industrial symbiosis in portugal angela neves 1, radu godina 2, susana g. Asian eips have implemented initiatives inspired by this industrial symbiosis concept. It is important to point out that the example of kalundborg in denmark strictly speaking is an example of anindustrial network, and not an industrial estate. Provide financial and other support to foster sector collaboration and knowledge. Our support for industrial symbiosis dates back to 2003 when some early funding led to what is now known as the uks national industrial symbiosis programme nisp.
For the last 20 years, the field of industrial symbiosis is has raised interest among academics and industries. Unep environmental management for industrial estates. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view. Jul 28, 2016 challenges and key success factors for industrial symbiosis. Matias 5 1 department of mechanical engineering, polytechnic institute of viseu, 3504510 viseu, portugal.
Application of this concept allows materials to be used in a more. Smes could gain from sharing waste between industries. Industrial symbiosis means that surplus resources generated by an industrial process are captured and then redirected for use as a new input into another process, providing a mutual benefit. Challenges and key success factors for industrial symbiosis. Industrial symbiosis is a subset of industrial ecology, with a particular focus on material and energy exchange. Industrial symbiosis eco industrial development section update novemberdecember, 2012 peter lowitt, faicp this update service is provided by the industrial symbiosis ecoindustrial development section of the international society for industrial ecology. Oklahoma, into an ecoindustrial park as a new challenge for landscape. Combining integrated product and service offerings with. This project has been funded by the european commission. In october 2017, beis released its industrial decarbonisation and. We brought together multiple research methods to build a rich picture and triangulate our findings in order to cast light on the various approaches that companies may choose to adopt. The national industrial symbiosis program nisp model was developed and first. An industrial symbiosis constitutes a local partnership where, partners provide, share and reuse resources to create shared value.
Economic and environmental impacts from industrial symbiosis. In this context, industrial symbiosis 1 holds huge potential. Niblick, briana 20 integrating spatial implications into solving lifecycle challenges of biofuels and industrial symbiosis. Also, in the study in fucino upland, italy, regulatory restrictions were pointed to as a barrier to the development of industrial symbiosis 65. Definition capture, recovery and reuse of previously discarded resources from one industrial operation by other, traditionally separate, industries operating in their close proximity categories byproduct synergies water and energy utility synergies. Industrial symbiosis is a form of brokering to bring companies together in innovative collaborations, finding ways to use the waste from one as raw materials for another. Industrial symbiosis works well across sectors but even within general manufacturing there are opportunities to establish synergies that improve resource efficiency and profitability as the following case studies demonstrate. Industrial symbiosis and ecoindustrial development. The success and continuity of a symbiosis fundamentally rely on the participation of different actors and. Jun 16, 2014 the theory, methodologies, and case studies in the field of industrial symbiosis have been developing for nearly 30 years. The industrial symbiosis at kalundborg, denmark the. Industrial symbiosis industrial symbiosis is the association between two or more industrial facilities in which the wastes or byproducts of one become raw materials for another.
The results reveal the number of articles on industrial symbiosis has greatly. A considerable number of case studies are now available in literature. Gyproc a swedish company producing plasterboard for the building industry. Jul 20, 2016 based on the above, the overall objective of this article is to examine opportunities and challenges in combining integrated product and service offerings with industrial symbiosis, and to do so by analyzing several excess heat supply collaboration examples. Several challenges are then identified for future research. Barriers of interorganisational environmental management. Industrial symbiosis is an extended concept which states that the overall benefits. Case studykalundborg 1 the industrial symbiosis in kalundborg, denmark. Given the nature of the questions, and the challenges in general with respect to. In line with this principle, a critical assessment of the change in environmental performance brought about by industrial symbiosis is was conducted in nineteen selected eco industrial park case studies identified in all regions of the world with the exception of the african continent. The guitang group gg, which operates one of chinas largest sugar refineries, has been developing and implementing an internal and external industrial symbiosis strategy for more than four decades. Discover our other sites an actionoriented set of methods, mindsets and thought starters to help innovators design circular solutions that are fit for the future. How does industrial symbiosis influence environmental performance. The crucial difference between recycling and industrial symbiosis is the creation of benefits on both sides industrial symbiosis challenges the.
Guayama, puerto rico marian chertow, assistant professor and d. Reflecting this, despite the large number of scientific journals published in the world, few focus on the publication of microbeinsect symbiosis studies. Industrial symbiosis is the process by which wastes or by. Current status, emerging challenges, and future prospects. Furthermore, the future study and development of the sustainable supply of these. Ecoindustrial parks development and integrated management. Understanding the social aspects of industrial symbiosis networks. Industrial symbiosis as a countermeasure for resource. The gg first invested in developing its own collection of downstream companies to utilize nearly all byproducts of sugar production. Resources, conservation and recycling ecoindustrial. Is consists of dissimilar entities sharing and valorising underutilised resources such as materials, energy, information, services, or technologies in the view of increasing the industrial systems circularity.
Nisp canada is a key partner for the centre, bringing the world class tools of international synergies industrial ecology solutions, which has established partners in over 20 countries around the world. This overall objective has been broken down below into three research questions rq. Despite the benefits brought by is, though, barriers hindering the. Industrial symbiosis and waste recovery in an indian. The study takes into account financial, social, technological, informationrelated.
Industrial ecology is a concept that has emerged in response to growing public concern about. Industrial symbiosis, ecoefficiency, sustainability a case. Library of industrial symbiosis case studies and linked. Presentation by dr maria holgado on 7 july at the 5th annual conference of the centre for industrial. Based on the experience of delivering nisp, a renewed definition for industrial symbiosis was accepted by the journal of industrial ecology in 2012. Industrial symbiosis promotes crosssectoral collaboration and supports local and regional growth, creates jobs, and fosters industrial clusters that share a mutual interest in resource efficiency. A discussion on risk, opportunities and challenges for food production in the. A case study of industrial symbiosis in the humber region.
Purpose of the guide the purpose of this guide is to provide methodological and operational tools needed to undertake an industrial symbiosis project. The theory, methodologies, and case studies in the field of industrial symbiosis have been developing for nearly 30 years. Pdf industrial symbiosis, the ecopark natura analysis. Those of us with a passion for translating the theories of industrial ecology into practice are pleased to announce the section of the international society for industrial ecology devoted to industrial symbiosis. While promoting the economic development of resourcedependent cities, the industry also brings serious environmental and ecological issues. Pdf how does industrial symbiosis influence environmental. Read chapter the industrial symbiosis at kalundborg, denmark. Grand challenges to launching an ideal platform for. The database containing the library of industrial symbiosis case studies and linked exchanges has been developed as part of the activities carried out by the centre for industrial sustainability, university of cambridge, in the project maestri energy and resource management systems for improved efficiency in the process industries. Facilitation of industrial symbiosis development in a. Is can be a simple and appealing approach to resource efficiency and landfill.
Emergy analysis on industrial symbiosis of an industrial. Industrial symbiosis servicecase study or the armslength national center for cleaner production in south africa. Analyze structural elements of the industrial symbiosis network such as connectance, diversity, or scale. Industrial ecology is a relatively new field that is based on a natural paradigm, claiming that an industrial ecosystem may behave in a similar way to the natural ecosystem wherein everything gets recycled, albeit the simplicity and. Industrial ecology is a methodology that views industry as flows of materials and energy and the.
Industrial symbiosis and eco industrial development. The word symbiosis is usually associated with relationships in nature, where two or more species exchange materials, energy, or information in a mutually beneficial manner. This case alludes to the administrative challenges facing successful operation of cooperative. The purpose of industrial symbiosis is to create loops of technical or biological materials while minimising the leakage and waste in the loops demonstrating some key parts of a circular economy, at a local scale. National industrial symbiosis program model feasibility study for canadian adaptation prepared by light house sustainable building centre. Industrial symbiosis making a permanent difference in a. If you are inspired by any of these case studies or have a particular waste or resource issue then. Lessons from chinas industrial symbiosis leadership greenbiz. 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. The combination of industrial symbiosis and urban symbiosis isurs offers a new solution to environmental and ecological challenges for resourcedependent cities.
Industrial symbiosis is the use by one company or sector of byproducts, including energy, water, logistics and materials, from another. Industrial symbiosis a subset of industrial ecology. Put simply, industrial symbiosis challenges the business world to operate in the same way as the natural ecosystem where everything has a place and function, and nothing goes to waste. We arrive at a comprehensive presentation of the many barriers that can make it difficult for industrial and other societal actors to achieve the visions of industrial symbiosis or localregional industrial ecosystems. The analysis of the published case studies allowed an overview of the industrial symbiosis in the world and showed that the potential for application is enormous, both in developed countries and. Economic and environmental impacts from industrial. The paper is a contribution in this respect and, starting from the results of the implementation of the industrial symbiosis paradigm in the case of a power plant, it presents how the eu recommendations about a more sophisticated metrics of ecoefficiency works, for the first time at the level of a romanian enterprise. Industrial symbiosis is is typically characterised by one companys waste or byproduct being used as a resource by another company. Industrial symbiosis often referred to as regional synergies. Challenges and learnings challenges in implementing industrial symbiosis include managing close cooperation between governing bodies, stakeholders and the general public, and achieving public acceptance. Case studies showing the implementation of a circular economy model and circular economy thinking. Based on the above, the overall objective of this article is to examine opportunities and challenges in combining integrated product and service offerings with industrial symbiosis, and to do so by analyzing several excess heat supply collaboration examples. The first korean eip was found in daedok technovalley dtv 8.
The objectives of this feasibility study are to evaluate the nisp model and to determine the. In view of the fact that the subject of industrial symbiosis is so crucial for companies that are members of the bcsd and for the portuguese economy, and that there is still a huge lack of knowledge about the real economic, social and environmental potential of industrial symbiosis in portugal, the bcsd circular economy and industrial. Integrating spatial implications into solving lifecycle. Circular economy case studies ellen macarthur foundation. Download how does industrial symbiosis influence environmental performance. Novo nordisk amultinational biotechnology company that is the largest producer of insulin and industrial enzymes. The chinese case studies have tested industrial symbiosis initiatives, such as the experience of guitang group gg. May 18, 2014 industrial symbiosis is the exchange of materials by firms, usually in a localized area, so that one companys by products become another companys raw materials. This report looks at incentives that can promote the implementation of industrial symbiosis on a large scale, understand the risks that could be associated with their implementation and how to mitigate them. The case studies are examples of industrial symbiosis 14. We welcome your announcements, call for papers and announcements of academic publications. How to create incentives for industrial symbiosis while preventing and mitigating implementation risks. Within this field, industrial symbiosis is has emerged as a set of.
Industrial symbiosis sustainable development the united nations. Based on the research gaps that we identify, we provide suggestions to guide the future development. Given their direct connection to probably thousands of commercial and industrial customers across all sectors and sizes. Structure and morphology of industrial symbiosis networks.
Indigo development, 2815 spring creek drive, santa rosa, ca 95405 usa. Industrial symbiosis dynamics and the problem of equivalence proposal for a comparative framework frank boons, marian chertow, jooyoung park, wouter spekkink, and han shi summary. The chinese case studies have tested industrial symbiosis initiatives, such as the experience of guitang group gg, one of china s largest sugar refineries 9,10. A collaborative approach to industryenvironment issues is acknowledged as a key aspect.
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