Eco-Industrial Park

Solar Economy and product ecology: basis of the eco-industrial park.

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.

Related pages on this wiki

• Integrated Food and Waste Management System
• Product Ecologies

Links

• "An Indigo Industrial Ecology Paper" (Ernest Lowe), chapter taken from:
• (older) handbook: "Eco-Industrial Park Handbook for Asian Developing Countries" (Ernest Lowe)