The National Institute of Engineering

Eco Industrial Development

Srinivas4NI11IP032
Deepak Prabhakar 4NI11IP009
Swamy H S4NI12IP055
Ramesh 4NI12IP0

Faculty Advisor:
Praveen
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Topics Overview
1. Why EID? New Concepts in Times of Crisis
2. Need for Action: A Global Approach
3. EIP: Getting the Terminology Right
4. Definition of an Eco-Industrial Park / Estate
5. Approaches in Eco-Industrial Development
6. Opportunities for Eco-Industrial Parks
7. Future Perspectives of Eco-Industrial Development
8. How to Begin....

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Why EID? New Concepts in Times of Crisis

Global Competition for Resources
Rapidly increasing demand for industrial commodities
(oil, gas, steel, copper, skilled workers, containers etc.)
higher cost
potential shortages

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Why EID? New Concepts in Times of Crisis

Global Climate Change
Irregular Weather Patterns are causing floods,
droughts, storm events
higher risk for production safety
higher cost for remediation

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Why EID? New Concepts in Times of Crisis

Rapid Economic Development
Global economy is changing the rules
Industry in competition for natural resources with urban
and rural areas
Emerging and old economies are in direct competition for
resources
Pollution will increase dramatically

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Need for Action: A Global Approach

Circular Economy
Maximum cycling of resources and materials

Eco-Industrial Development
Industrial Ecology as principle for the new economy
Eco-Industrial Parks and Networks as strategy to
innovate industrial systems

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EIP: Getting the Terminology Right

The Goal: Eco-Industrial Development
Mechanisms:
Industrial metabolism
Industrial symbiosis
Greening of supply chains and customer nets
Flexible manufacturing networks
Ecological design

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EIP: Getting the Terminology Right

The Goal: Eco-Industrial Development
Types of Development:
Networking of industries in parks, estates and clusters
Focus is local or regional, involve SMEs
Eco-industrial clusters usually involve companies linked to
one sector such as Information technology,
petrochemicals or food processing
Eco-industrial Parks are planned as industrial parks,
zones or districts and often involve multiple sectors

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Definition of an Eco-Industrial Park / Estate

A community of manufacturing and service enterprises
located together on a common property.
Members seek enhanced environmental, economic, and social
performance through collaboration in managing resources,
environmental and social issues.

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Approaches in Eco-Industrial Development

Planning of New (Eco)-Industrial Estates
Participatory Planning with community involvement
Planning of best practices and build-in synergies
Selling at a premium for first-class work and living environment

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Approaches in Eco-Industrial Development

Resource Recovery Parks (Recycling Clusters)
recycling and processing facilities
service area part of an industrial park
or in close proximity
up-cycling and waste diversion
energy recovery (Waste-to-Energy)
waste minimization and recycling

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Opportunities for Eco-Industrial Parks

Management by Infrastructure

efficient energy supply

common effluent plants
waste collection and disposal
hazardous waste treatment center
common chemical storage
waste exchange, recycling center,
effluent and water recovery
estate-based emergency services
public transport
estate-wide logistics systems
recreation, health and social services

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Opportunities for Eco-Industrial Parks

Green Buildings, greening the supply chain

Zero-Emission Concepts
minimizing the ecological footprint

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Future Perspectives of Eco-Industrial Development

Need for definition, labeling, development of missing links and
coordination of EID approaches:
Work in Progress !
Industrial Ecology and Eco-Industrial Development are
evolving fields of research and practice
Need for combined implementation of proven tools at
company and estate level
Beyond Environmental Management & Cleaner Production

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How to Begin....
Use common sense and innovation
Nice idea, but its not possible as an excuse to
overcome barriers
Technology is never the problem
80-90 % of the tools are out there, and
researchers are willing to close the gap
Look for the low-hanging fruits
many synergies can be implemented by simple
change of procedure & management
...and

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Always start with a Vision ...

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