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Integrating industrial ecology principles into a set of environmental sustainability indicators for technology assessment

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  • Dewulf, Jo
  • Van Langenhove, Herman

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This paper focuses on the environmental component of sustainability of technology, taking into account the role of industrial ecology. Assessment of environmental sustainability of technology traditionally focuses on immediate impact of technology on the environment through quantifying resource extraction and generated emissions. However, technology does not only exchange materials with the environment but also with the industrial society as a whole, the so-called industrial metabolism. A higher compatibility of a specific technology with the industrial system, as studied in industrial ecology, can result in lower resource extraction and reduced waste emission, indirectly contributing to a better environmental sustainability.

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  • Dewulf, Jo & Van Langenhove, Herman, 2005. "Integrating industrial ecology principles into a set of environmental sustainability indicators for technology assessment," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 43(4), pages 419-432.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:43:y:2005:i:4:p:419-432
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2004.09.006
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    1. Tatari, Omer & Nazzal, Munir & Kucukvar, Murat, 2012. "Comparative sustainability assessment of warm-mix asphalts: A thermodynamic based hybrid life cycle analysis," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 18-24.
    2. Huysveld, Sophie & De Meester, Steven & Van linden, Veerle & Muylle, Hilde & Peiren, Nico & Lauwers, Ludwig & Dewulf, Jo, 2015. "Cumulative Overall Resource Efficiency Assessment (COREA) for comparing bio-based products with their fossil-derived counterparts," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 113-127.
    3. Fan, Jiongming & Hu, Shanying & Chen, Dingjiang & Zhou, Yucheng, 2017. "Study on the construction and optimization of a resource-based industrial ecosystem," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 97-108.
    4. Parolin, Giácomo & McAloone, Tim C. & Pigosso, Daniela C.A., 2024. "How can technology assessment tools support sustainable innovation? A systematic literature review and synthesis," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    5. Susana Garrido Azevedo & Radu Godina & João Carlos de Oliveira Matias, 2017. "Proposal of a Sustainable Circular Index for Manufacturing Companies," Resources, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-24, November.

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