Industrial ecology at factory level - a conceptual model
Industrial ecology at factory level - a conceptual model
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.027
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发表时间：
2012-08-01
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Levers, A.
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作者：
Despeisse, M.;Ball, P. D.;Levers, A.
需要解决自然资源枯竭和污染引起的日益严重的环境问题。解决这些问题的办法之一是可持续发展，这是我们的社会满足全球当前和未来需求的一个关键概念。在迈向更可持续的社会的过程中，制造业显然可以发挥重要作用。然而，环境可持续性的基本原则似乎没有得到系统的应用，实践往往侧重于当地的改善。本文介绍的工作的目的是对工厂单位采取更全面的看法，以便有机会进行更广泛的改进。本研究通过分析环境原理和工业实践，建立概念性的制造生态系统模型，作为改善环境绩效的基础。开发的模型侧重于物质、能量和废物流动，以更好地了解制造作业、辅助设施和周围建筑之间的相互作用。研究分三个步骤进行：(1)回顾现有的工业可持续发展的概念和模型，收集和分析制造业的环境实践；(2)确定知识和实践方面的差距；(3)结果是基于工业生态学的制造生态系统模型。该概念模型在细化工厂级IE应用和整合所有资源流方面具有新颖性。这项工作是建立定量建模工具的基础，以寻求在工厂单元范围内实现更低的资源投入、更高的资源生产率、更少的废物和排放以及更低的运营成本的综合解决方案。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Growing environmental concerns caused by natural resource depletion and pollution need to be addressed. One approach to these problems is Sustainable Development, a key concept for our society to meet present as well as future needs worldwide. Manufacturing clearly has a major role to play in the move towards a more sustainable society. However it appears that basic principles of environmental sustainability are not systematically applied, with practice tending to focus on local improvements. The aim of the work presented in this paper is to adopt a more holistic view of the factory unit to enable opportunities for wider improvement. This research analyses environmental principles and industrial practice to develop a conceptual manufacturing ecosystem model as a foundation to improve environmental performance. The model developed focuses on material, energy and waste flows to better understand the interactions between manufacturing operations, supporting facilities and surrounding buildings. The research was conducted in three steps: (1) existing concepts and models for industrial sustainability were reviewed and environmental practices in manufacturing were collected and analysed; (2) gaps in knowledge and practice were identified; (3) the outcome is a manufacturing ecosystem model based on industrial ecology (IE). This conceptual model has novelty in detailing IE application at factory level and integrating all resource flows. The work is a base on which to build quantitative modelling tools to seek integrated solutions for lower resource input, higher resource productivity, fewer wastes and emissions, and lower operating cost within the boundary of a factory unit. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.