INDUSTRIAL
ECOLOGY




INDUSTRY

INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY (IE)

ECOSYSTEM

LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING (LCE)

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE (RMI)

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY LINKS



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SECTION 1



INDUSTRY




An industry is the manufacturing of a good or service within a category. Although
industry is a broad term for any kind of economic production, in economics and
urban planning industry is a synonym for the secondary sector, which is a type of
economic activity involved in the manufacturing of raw materials into goods and
products.

There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw
material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector,
involving refining, construction, and manufacturing; the tertiary sector, which
deals with services (such as law and medicine) and distribution of manufactured
goods; and the quaternary sector, a relatively new type of knowledge industry
focusing on technological research, design and development such as computer
programming, and biochemistry.

A fifth quinary sector has been proposed encompassing nonprofit activities. The
economy is also broadly separated into public sector and private sector, with
industry generally categorized as private. Industries are also any business or
manufacturing.



Industry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry



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INDUSTRIAL
SOCIETY




In sociology, industrial society refers to a society with a modern societal structure.
Such a structure developed in the west in the period of time following the industrial
revolution. Pre-modern, or Pre-industrial society are also called agrarian societies.
Industrial societies are generally mass societies.

Industrial society is characterized by the use of external energy sources, such as fossil
fuels, to increase the rate and scale of production. The production of food is shifted to
large commercial farms where the products of industry, such as combine harvesters and
petroleum based fertilizers, are used to decrease required human labor while increasing
production. No longer needed for the production of food, excess labor is moved into these
factories where mechanization is utilized to further increase efficiency. As populations
grow, and mechanization is further refined, often to the level of automation, many workers
shift to expanding service industries.



Industrial society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_society



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INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY




Industrial technology is a field of study designed to prepare technical and/or
management oriented professionals for employment in business, industry, education,
and government. Industrial technology is primarily involved with the management,
operation, and maintenance of complex technological systems, whereas engineering
and engineering technology are primarily involved with the design and installation
of these systems. Many two- and four-year colleges offer degrees in this field,
often in electronics, safety, construction, computer systems, manufacturing,
CAD/CAM, vehicle design, and graphics.



Industrial_technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_technology/



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INDUSTRIAL
ECOLOGY
(IE)




Industrial Ecology (IE) is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the sustainable
combination of environment, economy and technology. The central idea is the analogy
between natural and socio-technical systems. The word 'industrial' does not only refer
to industrial complexes but more generally to how humans use natural resources in the
production of goods and services. Ecology refers to the concept that our industrial
systems should incorporate principles exhibited within natural ecosystems.

Industrial ecology is the shifting of industrial process from linear (open loop) systems,
in which resource and capital investments move through the system to become waste, to a
closed loop system where wastes become inputs for new processes.


Much of the research focuses on the following areas:


material and energy flow studies ("industrial metabolism")

dematerialization and decarbonization

technological change and the environment

life-cycle planning, design and assessment

design for the environment ("eco-design")

extended producer responsibility ("product stewardship")

eco-industrial parks ("industrial symbiosis")

product-oriented environmental policy

eco-efficiency



Industrial Ecology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Ecology



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ECOSYSTEM




An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms
(biotic factors) in an area functioning together with all of the physical (abiotic)
factors of the environment. Ecosystems can be permanent or temporary. An ecosystem
is a unit of interdependent organisms which share the same habitat. Ecosystems
usually form a number of food webs.



Ecosystem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem



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SECTION 6



LIFE
CYCLE
ENGINEERING
(LCE)




Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is an approach to assess the environmental impacts in
conjunction with economic impacts under consideration of technical boundary conditions.
Scope of the assessment is usually the whole life cycle of a product consisting of
production, use phase and end of life. The environmental impacts are assessed according
to the ecological life cycle assessment (LCA). The economic impacts are assessed
according to the life cycle costing (LCC) approach. Technical boundary conditions are
taken into account providing some limitations on the model, thus verifying the technical
feasibility.



Life Cycle Engineering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Cycle_Engineering



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SECTION 7



THE
ROCKY
MOUNTAIN
INSTITUTE
RMI




Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an organization in the United States dedicated to research,
publication, consulting, and lecturing in the general field of sustainability, with a special
focus on profitable innovations for energy and resource efficiency. RMI was established in 1982
and has grown into a broad-based institution with 85 staff and an annual budget of some $13
million. RMI's work is independent and non-adversarial, with a strong emphasis on market-based
solutions. The work of RMI has benefited more than 80 Fortune 500 companies in a diverse range
of sectors. RMI is headquartered in Snowmass, Colorado, and also maintains offices in Boulder,
Colorado.



Rocky Mountain Institute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Institute



The Rocky Mountain Institute
http://www.rmi.org/



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SECTION 8



INDUSTRIAL
ECOLOGY
LINKS




Applied Industrial Technologies
http://www.applied.com/

Arctic Climate and Ecosystem
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/detect/

Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystem
http://www.beringclimate.noaa.gov

Center for Resilience at Ohio State University
http://www.resilience.osu.edu/

Complex Systems and Sustainability Research Group
http://www.chem.eng.usyd.edu.au/css/index.shtml

The Eco-Efficiency Centre in Burnside, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://eco-efficiency.management.dal.ca/index.htm

Durabilis
http://www.durabilis.com/ANGLAIS/sommaire.htm

Ecology and Society
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/

The Economics of Natural and Manmade hazards to Ecosytems
http://www.economics.noaa.gov/?goal=ecosystems&file=events/

The Ecosystem
http://www.barrameda.com.ar/ecology/the-ecosystem.htm

Ecosystem Services
http://www.esa.org/teaching_learning/pdfDocs/ecosystemservices.pdf

Ecotechnology - Mid Sweden University
http://www.miun.se/mhtemplates/MHNewsListLight____19029.aspx

Ecotron - Ecological research project
http://www.ecotron.cnrs.fr/html/en/home/indexen.htm

Electronics Dictionary
http://www.wilsonselectronics.net/dictionary.htm/

Green Economics
http://www.rps.psu.edu/0205/economics.html

Indigo Publications
http://www.indigodev.com/Papers.html

Industrial-Ecology Discussion List
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/industrial-ecology.html



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The International Society for Industrial Ecology
http://www.is4ie.org/

Industrial Ecology
http://www.industrialecology.nl/

Industrial Ecology
http://www.industrial-ecology.uci.edu/

Industrial Revolution 2
http://industrialrevolution2.com

Industrial Ecology Programme (IndEcol)
http://www.ntnu.no/indecol

Industrial Ecology research from The Program for the Human Environment
http://phe.rockefeller.edu/biblio.php#2

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/

International Society for Industrial Ecology
http://www.is4ie.org/

Industrial Technology magazine
http://www.industrialtechnology.co.uk/

International MSc programme Industrial Ecology, Netherlands
http://www.industrialecology.nl

International MSc programme in Industrial Ecology at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
http://www.chalmers.se/en/sections/education/masterprogrammes/programme-descriptions/industrial-ecology

The International Society for Industrial Ecology
http://www.is4ie.org

Introduction to Industrial Ecology
http://www.indigodev.com/IE.html

Joint Research Center for Industrial Ecology,JRCIE - China
http://www.jrcie.org/

Journal of Industrial Ecology
http://www.yale.edu/jie/

Journal of Industrial Ecology
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/jiec?cookieSet=1

Journal of Industrial Ecology
http://www.yale.edu/jie/



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Journal of Industrial Ecology
http://www.wiley.com/go/jie

Kalundborg Symbiosis Institute
http://www.symbiosis.dk/

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx

National Association of Industrial Technology
http://www.nait.org/

New Environmentalism.org - Industrial Ecology Programs Database
http://www.newenvironmentalism.org/ecology.cfm

NPPC Industrial Ecology Resource List
http://www.umich.edu/~nppcpub/resources/ResLists/Ind.Ec.html

Renewable Cogen Asia
http://www.rcogenasia.com

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/

Research and Development
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c4/c4g.htm/

Russian-Norwegian Cleaner Production Center
http://www.ruscp.ru/

Smart Communities Network
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/business/indeco.shtml

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems (U.S.)
http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems

Teaching about Ecosystems
http://www.ericdigests.org/2004-1/ecosystems.htm

Technolgy Glossary
http://www.psinaptic.com/glossary.jsp/

Yale Center for Industrial Ecology, United States
http://www.yale.edu/cie/



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