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[[Image:1b-Generalecolgies.png|615px|thumb|right| Product Ecologies illustrate how the different tools and products of the GVCS work together. This includes how the tools utilize onsite resources for building a modern infrastructure. The goal is to create closed loop industrial ecologies that contribute to environmental and societal regeneration, as humanity regains balance with its natural life support systems. ]] | [[Image:1b-Generalecolgies.png|615px|thumb|right| [[Product Ecologies]] illustrate how the different tools and products of the [[GVCS]] work together. This includes how the tools utilize onsite resources for building a modern infrastructure. The goal is to create closed loop industrial ecologies that contribute to environmental and societal regeneration, as humanity regains balance with its natural life support systems. ]] | ||
In an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-industrial_park Eco-Industrial Park], the use of energy and materials is optimized in such a way that the output of one process is the input into another ("industrial ecosystem"). These arrangements may result in cost savings and waste reduction. The design of the industrial infrastructure attempts to maximize economic and environmental efficiencies. When there is a strong agricultural component, the name '''Agro'''-Eco-Industrial Park is sometimes used. | In an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-industrial_park Eco-Industrial Park], the use of energy and materials is optimized in such a way that the output of one process is the input into another ("industrial ecosystem"). These arrangements may result in cost savings and waste reduction. The design of the industrial infrastructure attempts to maximize economic and environmental efficiencies. When there is a strong agricultural component, the name '''Agro'''-Eco-Industrial Park is sometimes used. | ||
==Possible Tenants== | ==Possible Tenants== | ||
The following list was excerpted with modifications from [http://www.indigodev.com/AEIP_HB.html this page], which contains a lot of specific examples and business models. Tenants on an agro-eco-industrial estate may include: | |||
1. '''Suppliers of equipment, energy, materials, and services to farmers''' (field equipment, equipment for monitoring of nutrients, co-generation of energy for food processing, biomass by-products, ethanol fermentation, bioenergy crops, integrated pest management services, consulting and training firms, agricultural extension agencies,...) | 1. '''Suppliers of equipment, energy, materials, and services to farmers''' (field equipment, equipment for monitoring of nutrients, co-generation of energy for food processing, biomass by-products, ethanol fermentation, bioenergy crops, integrated pest management services, consulting and training firms, agricultural extension agencies,...) | ||
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==Agro-Eco-Industrial Park as the core of a farming community== | ==Agro-Eco-Industrial Park as the core of a farming community== | ||
A rationally designed farming community may have an eco-industrial park as its center. The surrounding farms would be suppliers of raw materials such as biomass. The core park would would be the central | A rationally designed farming community may have an eco-industrial park as its center. The surrounding farms would be suppliers of raw materials such as biomass. The core park would would be the central hub with processing facilities and other specialized services. | ||
==Related pages on this wiki== | ==Related pages on this wiki== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.indigodev.com/AEIP_HB.html "Agro-eco-industrial parks (AEIP)"] (Ernest Lowe), chapter taken from: | * [http://www.indigodev.com/AEIP_HB.html "Agro-eco-industrial parks (AEIP)"] (Ernest Lowe), chapter taken from: | ||
* (older, ca. 2001) | * (older, ca. 2001) Handbook: [http://www.indigodev.com/Handbook.html "Eco-Industrial Park Handbook for Asian Developing Countries" (Ernest Lowe)] | ||
[[Category:Housing and construction]] | [[Category:Housing and construction]] | ||
Revision as of 18:57, 23 April 2016
In an Eco-Industrial Park, the use of energy and materials is optimized in such a way that the output of one process is the input into another ("industrial ecosystem"). These arrangements may result in cost savings and waste reduction. The design of the industrial infrastructure attempts to maximize economic and environmental efficiencies. When there is a strong agricultural component, the name Agro-Eco-Industrial Park is sometimes used.
Possible Tenants
The following list was excerpted with modifications from this page, which contains a lot of specific examples and business models. Tenants on an agro-eco-industrial estate may include:
1. Suppliers of equipment, energy, materials, and services to farmers (field equipment, equipment for monitoring of nutrients, co-generation of energy for food processing, biomass by-products, ethanol fermentation, bioenergy crops, integrated pest management services, consulting and training firms, agricultural extension agencies,...)
2. Food processing and distribution firms (distribution center for fruits and vegetables, community supported agriculture, dairy processing, meat/fish/poultry processing)
3. Firms utilizing by-products from any part of the system (energy generators, manufacturers using biomass by-products, ethanol/methane, animal feed processors, greenhouses and aquaculture ponds, composting yard)
4. Intensive food production located in or near an agro-estate (landscaping, greenhouses and aquaculture ponds, integrated brewery, etc.)
5. Other potential recruitment targets (manufacturers using primary biomaterials such as kenaf, hemp, or bamboo, etc.)
Agro-Eco-Industrial Park as the core of a farming community
A rationally designed farming community may have an eco-industrial park as its center. The surrounding farms would be suppliers of raw materials such as biomass. The core park would would be the central hub with processing facilities and other specialized services.
Related pages on this wiki
Links
- "Agro-eco-industrial parks (AEIP)" (Ernest Lowe), chapter taken from:
- (older, ca. 2001) Handbook: "Eco-Industrial Park Handbook for Asian Developing Countries" (Ernest Lowe)