Industrial Symbiosis Systems: Promoting Carbon Emission Reduction Activities

“Uncovering” Industrial Symbiosis

Since 1989, efforts to understand the nature of interfirm resource sharing in the form of industrial symbiosis and to replicate in a deliberate way what was largely self-organizing in Kalundborg, Denmark have followed many paths, some with much success and some with very little. This article provides a historical view of the motivations and means for pursuing industrial symbiosis—defined to inc...

Towards Carbon Emission Reduction Using ICT

The impact of global warming is now showing its ability to disturb human and other forms of life on the earth. Environmental pollution and how it can be minimised is a global issue for discussion. There is an increase in promoting human activities that are environmental friendly through the “green” initiatives. Green computing is how the computing profession is responding to concern for minimis...

Energy Policies for Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction

Information Synergy of Industrial Symbiosis

Purpose: This paper tries to review the exiting literature on Information and Communication Technologies for Industrial Symbiosis. And it presents an open data approach to the Industrial Symbiosis research. Method: Literature reviews and data mining are used to achieve the research purposes. Results: Four insights can be gained from an explorative open data approach on E-PRTR data sets: 1. We c...

Promoting the Opportunity Identification of Industrial Symbiosis: Agent-Based Modeling Inspired by Innovation Diffusion Theory

Promotion of the emergence of synergistic linkages between different firms is crucial in the development of Industrial Symbiosis (IS) networks or Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP). Appropriate strategies for the promotion of inter-firm interactions are required to enhance the emergence of IS networks through institutional capacity building. This research draws on insight from Diffusion of Innovations ...