Implementing industrial ecology : methodological tools and reflections for constructing a sustainable development

Title:

Personal Author:

Adoue, Cyril

Publication Information:

Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : Marketed and distributed by CRC Press, 2011

Physical Description:

xviii, 146 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9781578087006

General Note:

"Systèmes Durables Auterive."

Subject Term:

Industrial ecology

Sustainable development

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This book is the fruit of the author's six years of research and fieldwork undertaken while at the Centre for Sustainable Development Research and Interdisciplinary Studies--Troyes University of Technology. The research and field work were concentrated on material and energy flow loops, the principal tool that industrial ecology puts forward in order to limit environmental and economic impacts caused by the abuse of natural resources. The book is aimed at those responsible for providing a bit of substance to the objective of sustainable development. It also aims to disseminate this information towards future caretakers of the planet who today occupy seats at universities.

Author Notes

Cyril Adoue is an engineer and holds a doctorate from the University of Technology of Troyes (France). His research works focus on the implementation of industrial symbioses in various types of territories. He has worked on this subject in France, in Switzerland and in Spain. He has been a member of IS4IE since 2002 and, in 2005, established the company Systmes Durables (Sustainable Systems) which provides a platform for technology transfer in the field of the sustainable development, and translates research findings to applications in industry and public utilities.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgement	p. xi
List of Figures	p. xvii
List of Tables	p. xix
1 Man, A Problematic Resident	p. 1
The Industrial Society and Its Environmental Impacts	p. 1
I Impact Vectors: Material and Energy Flows	p. 3
II Local Impacts	p. 4
III Global Impacts	p. 8
The Tools Used to Manage These Impacts	p. 11
I An Administrative Tool: Environmental Regulations	p. 11
II Traditional Solutions: End-of-Pipe Solutions	p. 14
III Developing Solutions: Prevention	p. 15
IV Future Solutions: A New Organization	p. 16
References	p. 17
2 Industrial Ecology, A Global Approach for a Global Problem	p. 19
A Few Historical Markers	p. 22
Diagnostic Tools	p. 23
I Quantification of Environmental Impacts of a Product	p. 25
II Quantification of a Pollutant within a Given Perimeter	p. 26
III Identification and Quantification of Consumption and Emissions from a Human System	p. 28
IV Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions	p. 30
Growth Dematerialization Tools	p. 32
V Material and Energy Flow Loops	p. 35
Material and Energy Flow Loops and Sustainable Development	p. 37
I The Reasons for Success	p. 37
II Material and Energy Flow Loops: Eco-industrial Development	p. 41
III Eco-industrial Development, Contribution to Sustainable Development	p. 43
IV Constraints to Integrate to Become a Real Sustainable Development Tool	p. 50
References	p. 54
3 Material, Water and Energy Flow Loops, the Essential Questions	p. 57
Searching for Territorial Synergies: The Necessity for a Systemic Approach	p. 57
A Territory?	p. 60
Analysis of the ôTerritoryö System	p. 62
I The Economic System of Territory X	p. 62
II Synergy Searching Perimeter: The Production and Distribution Territorial Sub-system	p. 65
Information, A Starting Point for Synergy Creation	p. 67
I Direct Information Exchange: A Question of Maturity	p. 67
II Indirect Information Exchange: An Efficient Beginning	p. 69
References	p. 71
4 Feasibility of Eco-industrial Synergies	p. 73
Synergy Creation, Several Feasibility Criteria	p. 73
Qualitative and Technical Feasibility	p. 75
I Flow Pureness	p. 75
II The Physical Characteristics of Flows	p. 76
III Other Types of Qualitative Inadequacies	p. 77
IV Resolution of these Qualitative Problems: Technical Feasibility	p. 77
The Influence of Regulations	p. 78
I Exchanges of Water and Energy Flows: A Limited Regulatory Impact	p. 79
II Material Flow Exchanges: The Administrative Status of the Flow is a Deciding Factor	p. 80
III The Authorization Procedure Sometimes a Prohibitive Factor	p. 83
IV Waste Status, Crucial Point, Reduced Leeway	p. 85
V Regulatory Leads to Favor the Development of Material Flow Synergies	p. 86
Quantitative and Economic Feasibility	p. 88
I Quantitative Feasibility	p. 89
II Economic Feasibility	p. 90
The Cultural Factor	p. 92
I Supporting an Original Concept: Eco-industrial Synergies	p. 92
II Industrial Confidentiality	p. 93
III The Capacity to Collaborate	p. 94
Environmental Feasibility of Synergies	p. 95
References	p. 99
5 Tools and Methods for Implementing a Lasting Approach	p. 103
Creating a Collaborative Dynamic	p. 103
I Collaboration: Essential for an Efficient and Lasting Approach	p. 103
II Phases 1,2 and 3, or How to Create a Collaborative Dynamic within a Territory	p. 107
III Phase 4: Organizing the Contagiousness	p. 114
Creating Synergy Information: The Existing Tools	p. 116
I The FAST Tool (Facility Synergy Tool)	p. 117
II The Matchmaker!	p. 120
III ISIS	p. 120
IV Presteo©	p. 124
Environmental Assessment of Synergies	p. 127
I Diagnostic Tools	p. 127
II Quantitative Assessment Methods	p. 128
III A Specific Method for Eco-industrial Synergies	p. 131
References	p. 133
6 What Perspectives for Material and Energy Flow Loops?	p. 135
Material and Energy Flux Loops, an Expanding Idea...	p. 135
...That should be Accompanied by the Public Authorities	p. 136
Eco-Industrial Development: Many Inquiries Still to be Made	p. 137
I Tools to Perfect	p. 138
II A New Approach in Synergy Searching: Service Synergies	p. 138
Essential Connections with Other Approaches	p. 139
I The Product Approach	p. 139
II The Systems Approach	p. 140
III Two necessary and Complementary Approaches	p. 141
References	p. 142
Glossary	p. 143
Index	p. 145
Color Plate Section	p. 147

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