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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�?�.
The course will introduce the concept of industrial symbiosis and how it may be usefully applied within a business context through the use of case studies and theoretical understanding. More specifically, the course will deal with how businesses can achieve resource efficiency and savings through links with other businesses. Students will explore key concepts and then apply the knowledge acquired to industrial areas to learn more about the practical relevance of the industrial symbiosis approach. The findings about industrial areas will be a contribution to an online web-portal on industrial symbiosis that is under development in a European research network.
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: Niclas Svensson
Examiner: Mats Eklund, Murat Mirata
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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