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Industrial Symbiosis, 6 ECTS credits.
/Industriell symbios/
For:
EM
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 49
Rec. self-study hours: 111
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Energy and Environmental Engineering
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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Aim:
After completion of the course the student will be able to:
- Explain core concepts of industrial symbiosis;
- Demonstrate basic understanding of the role of technical, socio-economic, managerial and political conditions for industrial symbiosis development;
- Explain and discuss different approaches to the dissemination of industrial symbiosis strategies;
- Investigate and communicate how industrial symbiosis can be useful in a business perspective
- Collect and analyse information relevant for industrial symbiosis development for an industrial area
- Uncover, map and analyse symbiotic connections between existing businesses in an industrial area
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Industrial ecology for improved resource efficiency
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Supplementary courses:
Environmental systems analysis, Sustainable City Development
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Organisation:
The course will consist of lectures, workshops, one literature seminar and a project assignment to be carried out in groups.
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Course contents:
This course is about the opportunities offered by connecting one business to other businesses and actors nearby. Geographic proximity is sometimes an overlooked dimension when it comes to development of a business�?Ts activities and could be seen as a complementary approach to management of supply chains. One definition of Industrial symbiosis is; �?oStudies of processes where materials, water, energy and information are transferred between companies with geographic proximity aiming at developing their activities and relations�?�.
Course components include; By-product exchanges and utilities sharing, uncovering of industrial symbiosis, planning and facilitating industrial symbiosis, case study descriptions, eco-industrial parks, environmental performance of industrial symbiosis, social, political and strategic dimensions of industrial symbiosis development, and experiences from industrial symbiosis dissemination programs
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Course literature:
Regional Resource Synergies for Sustainable Development in Heavy Industrial Areas: An Overview of Opportunities and Experiences. 2007. Centre of Excellence in Cleaner Production Curtin University of Technology.
Additional material published at course web sitel
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Approved project assignment and literature seminar
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3 ECTS
3 ECTS
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Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Carina Sundberg
Examiner: Mats Eklund, Murat Mirata
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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