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.

Possible Tenants

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1. Suppliers of equipment, energy, materials, and services to farmers (e.g. 

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Related pages on this wiki

• Product Ecologies
• Integrated Food and Waste Management System
• Liquid Farm

Links

• "Agro-eco-industrial parks (AEIP)" (Ernest Lowe), chapter taken from:
• (older) handbook: "Eco-Industrial Park Handbook for Asian Developing Countries" (Ernest Lowe)

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.