Sustainable Industrial Ecology: Reducing the Environmental Impact of an Industrial Process
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 2872
Special Issue Editors
Interests: industrial ecology; waste management; circular economy; life cycle assessment
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Interests: smart ICT technologies; proces and system engineering; energy systems management; environmental systems management; water resources management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrial ecology focuses on studying all the stages of the production processes of goods and services and aims to bring a balance between industrial processes and environmental sustainability. Industrial ecology evolves around the study of mass/energy flows associated with an industrial process, the interactions with the surrounding environment, and the social/economic dynamics that affect these flow. With that in mind, we are pleased to invite you to submit articles for a Special Issue on “Sustainable Industrial Ecology”, which will focus on the reduction of the environmental impact of industrial processes in production and consumption activities.
We welcome original research contributions dealing with the development and practical application of approaches and methodologies, which have as a goal to improve the environmental performance of a process, product, service, activity or organization, based on the principles of Industrial Ecology. A wide range of topics will be covered, including but not limited to:
- Dynamic modeling of industrial processes;
- Implementation and assessment of industrial symbiosis schemes;
- Environmental impact assessment;
- Life cycle thinking and assessment;
- Eco-efficiency assessment;
- Industrial–urban symbiosis;
- Natural resources management
Dr. Athanasios Angelis Dimakis
Dr. George Arampatzis
Dr. Victor Kouloumpis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- industrial ecology
- industrial symbiosis
- environmental impact assessment
- life cycle analysis
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