Study of matter and energy flow in industrial systems
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Industrial ecology (IE) is the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems. The global industrial economy can be modelled as a network of industrial processes that extract resources from the Earth and transform those resources into by-products, products and services which can be bought and sold to meet the needs of humanity. Industrial ecology seeks to quantify the material flows and document the industrial processes that make modern society function. Industrial ecologists are often concerned with the impacts that industrial activities have on the environment, with use of the planet's supply of natural resources, and with problems of waste disposal. Industrial ecology is a young but growing multidisciplinary field of research which combines aspects of engineering, economics, sociology, toxicology and the natural sciences.
Industrial ecology has been defined as a "systems-based, multidisciplinary discourse that seeks to understand emergent behavior of complex integrated human/natural systems".[1] The field approaches issues of sustainability by examining problems from multiple perspectives, usually involving aspects of sociology, the environment, economy and technology.[2][3] The name comes from the idea that the analogy of natural systems should be used as an aid in understanding how to design sustainable industrial systems.[4]
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^Wietschel, Lars; Messmann, Lukas; Thorenz, Andrea; Tuma, Axel (2021). "Environmental benefits of large-scale second-generation bioethanol production in the EU: An integrated supply chain network optimization and life cycle assessment approach". Journal of Industrial Ecology. 25 (3): 677–692. doi:10.1111/jiec.13083. S2CID 228930566.
^Messmann, Lukas; Wietschel, Lars; Thorenz, Andrea; Tuma, Axel (2022). "Assessing the social dimension in strategic network optimization for a sustainable development: The case of bioethanol production in the EU". Journal of Industrial Ecology. 27 (3): 760–776. doi:10.1111/jiec.13324. S2CID 251824815.
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