Simplified model of industrial symbiosis at kalundborg figure 7. Sustainable manufacturing through creation and governance of. Publicly owned utility operations are also counted as. Quantitative assessment of urban and industrial symbiosis in kawasaki, japan rene van berkel, tsuyoshi fujita, shizuka hashimoto, and minoru fujii asian environmental research group, national institute for. Industrial symbioses in the guitang group, guigang city. The guitang group is located in guigang city of the guangxi zhuang autonomous region. Emergy analysis on industrial symbiosis of an industrial park. Read title index for volume 11, journal of industrial ecology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at. This article focuses on the organizational boundary change of the guitang group over time, and acknowledges this process as one of the seven industrial symbiosis dynamics proposed by boons et al.
Onsite waste management and industrial symbiosis of hayatabad industrial estate, peshawar, pakistan submitted by. Industrial symbiosis is is the subset of ie that deals with cyclical flows of resources through networks of businesses as a means of cooperatively approaching ecologically sustainable industrial activity. Sharing resources between industrial sites saves raw material and energy consumption, reducing pollution and diverting waste from landfill. The site is a sugar complex formed in 1954 and is one of the largest sugar re. The guangxi guitang group mentioned above is a notable example of using sugar production byproducts, first within a single cityowned company, and then in a broader network including other sugar producers in the city of guitang and the farmers growing cane. Special feature on industrial symbiosis uncovering industrial symbiosis marian r. Gg guitang group uk united kingdom us united state. Definition capture, recovery and reuse of previously discarded resources from one industrial operation by other, traditionally. Industrial symbiosis is is the subset of ie that deals with. Industrial symbiosis engages traditionally separate industries in a collective approach to competitive advantage involving physical exchange of materials, energy, water, andor byproducts.
Our support for industrial symbiosis dates back to 2003 when some early funding led to what is now known as the uks national industrial symbiosis programme nisp. Quantitative assessment of urban and industrial symbiosis in. Special issue diverse dynamics of industrial symbiosis. This article focuses on the organizational boundary change of the guitang group over time, and acknowledges this process as one of the seven industrial symbiosis dynamics. Pdf organizational boundary change in industrial symbiosis. Within ie, industrial symbiosis is is an approach that promotes the engagement of communities of companies in improving their. Asian eips have implemented initiatives inspired by this industrial symbiosis concept. Jun 16, 2014 the theory, methodologies, and case studies in the field of industrial symbiosis have been developing for nearly 30 years. Ecoindustrial parks development and integrated management.
The driving forces of the guitang groups industrial symbiosis evolution. Furthermore,the groups commitment to technology and industrial symbiosis attracts. Based on the research gaps that we identify, we provide suggestions to guide the future development. More precisely, is engages traditionally separate businesses in a collective approach to competitive advantage involving physical exchange of materials, energy, water andor byproducts. Kalundborg symbiosis effective industrial symbiosis. Sustainable manufacturing through creation and governance. Feb 01, 2012 redefining industrial symbiosis redefining industrial symbiosis lombardi, d. The network of companies at kalundborg is not an eco industrial park. The eip in the guangxi province, this industrial zone is led by the guitang group, runs one of the largest sugar refineries and accounts at some point in time to more than 50% of sugar production in china. The difference result from industrial symbioses and new business ecosystems figure 10. The gg first invested in developing its own collection of downstream companies to utilize nearly all byproducts of sugar production. Industrial symbiosis is is a systematic and collective business approach to optimizing the. The guitang group is a successful ecoindustrial park that reuses resources to.
Lappeenranta university of technology department of. Oct 31, 2019 one can envision the application field of industrial symbiosis is, so which potential role can ai play in the context of is systems and how can ai supportcontribute to the facilitation of is systems, which is explored in more detail in this paper. Organizational perspectives of industrial symbiosis. Sweden does it fit for industrial symbiosis development. Following these successes from internal symbiosis, a network of external symbiosis relationships was developed with government, customers, competitors and suppliers. Strategies for better waste management 71 70 matani the guangxi guitang group in china in china the guangxi guitang group is a notable example of using sugar production byproducts, first within a single cityowned company, and then in a broader network including other sugar producers in the city of guitang and the farmers growing cane.
Zhu q lowe ea wei y a and barnes d 2007 industrial symbiosis in china a case from om 501 at nirma institute of management. Kalundborg symbiosis, also focuses on how the municipality is actively striving to be a facilitator for new symbiotic relations between the companies involved, and is using kalundborg symbiosis itself as an example of how sustainable change and green growth can flourish in a local community. Pdf the guitang group gg, which operates one of chinas largest sugar refineries, has been developing and implementing an internal and. Summary the guitang group gg, which operates one of chinas largest sugar refineries, has been developing and implementing an internal.
The chinese case studies have tested industrial symbiosis initiatives, such as the experience of guitang group gg, one of china s largest sugar refineries 9,10. This study revisits the guitang group, one of the best known industrial symbiosis cases in the sugar industry. This study proposed an emergy analysis to conduct an assessment on hefei economic and technological development area to quantify the performance of industrial symbiosis. Studying the industrial symbiosis of the guitang group offers a unique opportunity to view and analyze the dynamics of industrial symbiosis of a company that has gone through multiple complex social and organizational changes over six decades. Title index for volume 11, journal of industrial ecology. The experience of the guitang group in the guanxi province in china. Case studykalundborg 1 the industrial symbiosis in kalundborg, denmark. Environmentally related colocation benefits often result that have not been a. Environmental technology and management department of management and engineering. Study of the guitang group, journal of industrial ecology 11, special feature on industrial symbiosis, 2007. Industrial symbiosis, a subfield of industrial ecology, examines the flow of water, energy, materials, and byproducts across firms in geographic proximity.
The basis of industrial symbiosis is to move away from traditional takemakedispose production and consumption flows, building partnerships between industries to turn waste into new materials and resources. Industrial parks and eco industrial parks in china chang yu. Our goal is to offer an evolutionary understanding of industrial symbiosis at the. Quantitative assessment of urban and industrial symbiosis. Unep environmental management for industrial estates. Read emergy analysis on industrial symbiosis of an industrial park a case study of hefei economic and technological development area, journal of cleaner production on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at.
The guitang group gg, which operates one of chinas largest sugar refineries, has been developing and implementing an internal and external industrial symbiosis strategy for more than four decades. Lessons learnt and best practices for enhancing industrial symbiosis in the process industry, author view pdf. Development of sustainable performance measurement system for. Industrial symbiosis is is a collaborative environmental action whereby firms share or exchange byproducts, materials, energy, or waste as a way to economically reduce aggregate environmental im. Industrial symbiosis is the name of the subsection of the broader field of industrial ecology that pays careful attention to networked resource exchanges. Redefining industrial symbiosis, journal of industrial.
The guitang group gg, which operates one of chinas largest sugar refineries, has been developing and implementing an internal and. Its activities have led to the creation of an industrial complex, currently including food and beverage, chemical and cement companies and pulp and paper plants. The keys to industrial symbiosis are collaboration and the synergistic possibilities offered by geographic proximity. Tracking sustainability targets with quantitative indicator. In 2001, guitang group s facilities were sold to huaqiang holdings limited in shenzhen, a private chinese company that works to maintain model of internal symbiosis and a leader in a regional and sustainable eco industrial network. The methodology was applied for the first time in sicily as a pilot project with the aim of promoting productive development in southern italy. Exploring the system dynamics of industrial symbiosis is. The guitang group constructed an eco industrial park eip with two main value chains. The guitang group has gradually incorporated industrial symbiosis in its operations, following internal and external symbiosis strategies in order to respond to market fluctuations. Our goal is to offer an evolutionary understanding.
Sustainable manufacturing through creation and governance of ecoindustrial parks with the emergence of the concept of industrial ecology ie and the. Zhu q lowe ea wei y a and barnes d 2007 industrial. A method for controlling enterprises access to an ecoindustrial park. The theory, methodologies, and case studies in the field of industrial symbiosis have been developing for nearly 30 years. Journal of cleaner production applications of industrial. Special feature on industrial symbiosis uncovering industrial symbiosis.
The first korean eip was found in daedok technovalley dtv 8. Emergy analysis on industrial symbiosis of an industrial park a case study of hefei economic and technological development area. The guitang group in china approached a disposal problem by using their. Special feature on industrial symbiosis industrial symbiosis in china a case study of the guitang group qinghua zhu, ernest a. The chinese case studies have tested industrial symbiosis initiatives, such as the experience of guitang group gg.
Organizational boundary change in industrial symbiosis. Sustainable manufacturing through creation and governance of eco industrial parks with the emergence of the concept of industrial ecology ie and the. The guitang group is a stateowned conglomerate operating chinas largest sugar refinery with. Examining industrial symbiosis in practice for this section involved three primary activities. Marian chertow associate professor of industrial environmental management, director of the program on solid waste policy, and director of the industrial environmental management program. Google scholar zhu, li, jianren zhou, zhaojie cui, and lei liu. Development of sustainable performance measurement. The purpose of industrial symbiosis is to create loops of technical or biological materials while minimising the leakage and waste in the loops demonstrating some key parts of a circular economy, at a local scale. The present study was conducted in hayatabad industrial estate during 20142017 with an attempt to study the hayatabad industrial estate for industrial waste minimization through industrial symbiosis and find out ways and means for mitigating its environmental impacts.
With this portal we aim to share some of our knowledge and inform a wider audience about industrial and urban symbiosis practices in sweden. Colocated firms can achieve environmental benefit and competitive advantage from exchanging physical resources known as industrial symbiosis with each other or with residential areas referenced here as urban symbiosis. Chertow summary since 1989, efforts to understand the nature of inter. Networks of interfirm resource exchange industrial symbiosis multiscale waste and materials management. Highly relevant to the case study in this article is an initiative by the guitang group, a. Uncovering industrial symbiosis center for industrial ecology. The industrial park is an improvement of industrial areas and residential buildings that is beneficial for the workers, who will be working in more environmentally friendly workplaces and live in a less polluted environment in the vicinity of industrial activities. Industrial symbioses in the guitang group, guiang city figure 8.
A systematic methodology for industrial symbiosis approach. Industrial symbiosis for the development of biofuel production. Guitang groups industrial symbiosis evolution helped to create, disseminate and share information. Although the china state environmental protection agency promoted the guitang group initiative for its strong economic and environmental performance, such projects have. Feasibility study for the design of an industrial park with. Furthermore,the group s commitment to technology and industrial symbiosis attracts young, welleducated workers to guangxi who would have otherwise migrated to more developed regions. Is was initiated by the guitang group to explore possibilities to extend its value chain and enable additional business lines, such as the. An industrial symbiosis constitutes a local partnership where, partners provide, share and reuse resources to create shared value. A systematic methodology for industrial symbiosis development at a regional scale is presented. The sugar complex, the guitang group, owns 14700ha of land, which is used for growing cane. Emergy analysis on industrial symbiosis of an industrial. Past research illustrated that economic and environmental benefits appear selfevident, although detailed quantification has only been attempted of symbioses for energy and.
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