industrial ecology at factory level - a conceptual model

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1、JournalofCleanerProduction31(2012)30e39ContentslistsavailableatSciVerseScienceDirectJournalofCleanerProductionjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/jcleproIndustrialecologyatfactoryleveleaconceptualmodelM.Despeisse*,P.D.Ball,S.Evans,A.LeversDepartmentofManufacturingandMaterials,Sc

2、hoolofAppliedScience,CranfieldUniversity,CranfieldMK430AL,UKarticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:GrowingenvironmentalconcernscausedbynaturalresourcedepletionandpollutionneedtobeReceived29September2010addressed.OneapproachtotheseproblemsisSustainableDevelopment,akeyconceptforoursocietytoR

3、eceivedinrevisedformmeetpresentaswellasfutureneedsworldwide.Manufacturingclearlyhasamajorroletoplayinthe9February2012movetowardsamoresustainablesociety.HoweveritappearsthatbasicprinciplesofenvironmentalAccepted20February2012sustainabilityarenotsystematicallyapplied,withpracticetendi

4、ngtofocusonlocalimprovements.TheAvailableonline27February2012aimoftheworkpresentedinthispaperistoadoptamoreholisticviewofthefactoryunittoenableopportunitiesforwiderimprovement.ThisresearchanalysesenvironmentalprinciplesandindustrialKeywords:practicetodevelopaconceptualmanufacturinge

5、cosystemmodelasafoundationtoimproveenviron-IndustrialecologySustainablemanufacturingmentalperformance.Themodeldevelopedfocusesonmaterial,energyandwasteflowstobetterResourceflowmodellingunderstandtheinteractionsbetweenmanufacturingoperations,supportingfacilitiesandsurroundingSustainabi

6、litybuildings.Theresearchwasconductedinthreesteps:(1)existingconceptsandmodelsforindustrialsustainabilitywerereviewedandenvironmentalpracticesinmanufacturingwerecollectedandana-lysed;(2)gapsinknowledgeandpracticewereidentified;(3)theoutcomeisamanufacturingecosystemmodelbasedonindustr

7、ialecology(IE).ThisconceptualmodelhasnoveltyindetailingIEapplicationatfactorylevelandintegratingallresourceflows.Theworkisabaseonwhichtobuildquantitativemodellingtoolstoseekintegratedsolutionsforlowerresourceinput,higherresourceproductivity,fewerwastesandemissions,andloweroperatingco

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