e-Symbiosis: technology-enabled support for Industrial Symbiosis targeting Small and Medium Enterprises and innovation

Semantic approach for pre-assessment of environmental indicators in Industrial Symbiosis

“…Perhaps better solution is in using tacit knowledge implemented in the form of ontologies, as reported by (Cecelja et al 2014). The respective eSymbiosis system offers a possibility to focus on participants and their resources, a comparative ease to implement standardised (and other) classifications , as well as assessment of IS synergies prior to their operation as demonstrated in Section 3.…”

“…Input/Output (I/O) matching is the key to formation of IS networks, hence to the IS process ), through which process industries try to identify ways to improve their resource efficiency and minimise their waste production (Cecelja et al 2014). The use of semantic technologies in IS practice facilitates the automation of I/O matching.…”

“…• they mainly support the process after the input/output matching and hence after the IS synergies have been established (Cecelja et al 2014) and with minimum or no indication on their potential;…”

Material Reutilization Cycles Across Industries and Production Lines

“…Public and private institutions involved in the planning and development of Industrial Symbiosis rely on manual interpretation of information in the course of personal communication and case-by-case analysis. Cecelja et al (2014) report that in the course of their service offer, practitioners access and interpret data collected from the industry by combining it with further data stored in databases such as the following:…”

“…Industry organizations such as the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD), or facilitators such as National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), allow businesses a secure and common platform for discussing potential synergies through symbiosis (Chertow and Park 2016). In recent approaches, novel concepts such as ontology engineering have been introduced in matching tools and platforms for Industrial Symbiosis, since they can help to put tacit knowledge out there-essential for the mutual, nonmarket interactions required for Industrial Symbiosis (Cecelja et al 2014;Cecelja 2016 (Halstenberg et al 2016). …”