Essays on Industrial Ecology

- “Technology for a Sustainable Environment.”(US EPA) US EPA. Extramural Research-Science Topics. Web. 1 Dec.2014. (US EPA, n.d.)US EPA, E.R.C. (n.d.). Technology for a Sustainable Environment. Retrieved December 1, 2014, from http://www.epa.gov/ncer/science/tse/

Technology can be used intelligently to protect the environment, sustain it for future generations and build up healthy economies. To build a sustainable economy, people need to be socially responsible by balancing economic progress with environmental protection. The Technology for Sustainable Environment (TSE) grant program which was co-funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSA) funded novel research ideas in ...

Carbon Footprint

Introduction The number of private vehicles are now increasing. It is an alarming issue since more cars mean more sources of greenhouse gas emissions. These vehicles used traditional diesel and gasoline engines which emits large amounts of greenhouse gases (Barmore, 2013). The current number of cars reached about 1 billion. The largest quantity of cars is from the United States which is the birthplace of the land vehicles. The latest trend about the quantity of private vehicles is that it will be doubled in 2030. That is about 2 billion cars that are contributing to the air pollution ...

Industrial ecology

Industrial ecology, also called as “science of sustainability,” is an emerging and exigent discipline for engineers, scientists and policy makers. The approach of industrial ecology assists to understand the industry and environment connections to shift from the thinking of past faults to forward thinking (Kapur and Graedel 2004). Five hierarchical and mutually dependent levels for the system are described for strategic sustainable development (SSD) to progress toward the target results, the state of sustainability. With proper implementation of its application and appropriate usage of the strategic sustainable development IE will promote business competitiveness and product modernization (Erkman 1997). Several ...

The article outlines econometric analysis of the electric vehicles with regards to the costs. The authors argue that the electric vehicles are destined to offer solutions to petroleum related challenges in the motor industry. Through a simulation model, a comparison of the vehicle purchase and energy costs is made with the associated benefits. The authors concluded that more cost benefits can be realized from the electric vehicles in relation to the conventional vehicles. The associated economic benefits of the electric vehicles entail more that 45% reduction in petroleum consumption for each vehicle for every 32 kilometers. However, relative to the conventional ...

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Memorandum In response to a request made to my department, I have prepared an extensive list of options, alternatives, procedures and new ecologically sound methods to improve the performance of our hotel at Las Vegas. Many of similar hotels have assimilated the green concept, and implementation of these measures will help us maintain a competitive edge. The concept is broad and since the rolling all of them will require proper environmental assessment program. In this regard, I have highlighted only the important concepts that have a higher return on investment. I will start my introducing the genesis ...

Chapter 1: The Corporation and Its Stakeholders

Abstract Business and the society are interrelated enterprises that work together to achieve their desired goals and objectives. Members of the society engage in business activities in their daily endeavors through being social. We engage between each other through products and currencies in which we interact with each other. All over the world, organizations are created by human beings, which make it relative to the society, but separated by boundaries. As mentioned in the textbook “business activities impact other activities in society and actions by various social actors and governments continuously affect business.” Theories have been used to ...

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Industrial Ecology. INFORMATIONAL ABSTRACT. For various commodities to be produced, raw materials have to undergo various processes in their specific industries until the final output is produced. This process takes place in industries. Industries need to regulate their manufacturing processes so that they take part in maintenance of the environment since lately it has been noted that the key factor destroying our environment is the industries through the manufacturing process. The emissions from the production of these commodities by the chimneys of factories pollute the air by releasing dangerous gases into the atmosphere. These ...

Concepts of sustainable housing development revolve around various economic policies; environmental strategies as well as social considerations are widely discussed in global scales. By nature of its multi-faceted, the housing sector continues to consume various natural resources and this has major impacts on the overall status of the natural environment. The fact that it constitutes a large number of economic activities as well as impacts on economic developments in ways that are important components of quality of life and social development makes this issue a fundamental concern (Nadia & Scialabba, 2010). Therefore, sustainability issues need not face exemptions in issues of housing ...

Abstract

Sustainability of engineering systems forms the fundamental principle that guides actions and decision-making activities in any organization. Meeting current without compromising future needs is the overall goal of sustainability. Sustainability is also critical when making a trade-off among social, economic, and environmental goals. However, sustainability is yet to be realized in industrial ecology due to several challenges that impede its implementation. For this reason, sustainability within the industrial environment forms the basis for this paper.

The rise in industrialization and increase in population coupled with the effects of globalization have generated an increased need for sustainability. According to the World ...

Background of the Event

Pollution in College Point, New York happened as a result of landfills. Residential buildings in College Point in Queens, New York have been built on contaminated landfills. This was confirmed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and concerned experts want the area tested and cleaned up as reported by The Queen’s Courier in (Mimoni, 2010. All the dumping happened before the Clean Air Act was passed. The clean air act is a federal law that protects people from air pollution by regulating emissions. This law gave the EPA the power to set air quality standards and to ...

Introduction

The initial development of industrial ecology involved the concept of basically studying the interrelationship between the industrial and ecological systems, however gradually with time this has come a long way as now we realize the importance of maintaining the ecological systems and considering the other environmental like the green house effect and other factors have made us realize that we need to strictly look into the flow of energy and materials to improve the industrial metabolism and waste management.[ CITATION Coo05 \p 52 \l 1033 ]

In this paper, we will look at the life-cycle of energy consumption and the specialization will ...