Quantifying ‘geographic proximity’: Experiences from the United Kingdom's National Industrial Symbiosis Programme

Jensen, Paul D.; Basson, Lauren; Hellawell, E. E.; Bailey, Malcolm; Leach, Matthew

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.02.003

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“…Industrial symbiosis can be seen as the establishment of close working agreements between normally unrelated industrial (and/or other) organisations that leads to resource efficiency (Jensen et al, 2011b). The most common example of an industrial symbiosis working agreement, otherwise known as a synergy, is the operational waste products from one industry being reused as a raw material by a company from another industry.…”

Section: Industrial Symbiosis and Industrial Diversitymentioning

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“…One diversity related study into the subject of industrial symbiosis and, specifically, the brokered facilitation of synergies within the United Kingdom, found that the physical by-products of a company moved, on average, 32.6 kilometres (km) to a point of reuse by a symbiont company belonging to an unrelated industry (see Jensen et al 2011b). The study by Jensen et al (2011b) provided empirical evidence to suggest that the relatively short distances materials moved to a point of reuse was not attributable to the physical characteristics of the resource (in relation to its size, shape or weight), its monetary value, or the environmental cost of transporting the resources.…”

Section: Industrial Symbiosis and Industrial Diversitymentioning

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The role of geospatial industrial diversity in the facilitation of regional industrial symbiosis

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2016

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“…The link between IS theory and the business model perspective within the framework of this study builds on previous IS research that shows the importance of well-designed business agreements between the actors involved in collaboration. The agreements, for example, can involve reuse of one company's by-products as raw material for another company as well as the sharing of manufacturing capacity, power, water, steam supplies, logistical expertise, and other company expertise (Jensen et al, 2011).…”

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“…IS, developed as a subset of Industrial Ecology (IE), is a cluster of operational agreements between normally unrelated industrial companies or other organisations that lead to resource efficiency (Jensen et al, 2011). The agreements, for example, can involve reuse of one company's by-products as raw material for another company as well as the sharing of manufacturing capacity, power, water, and steam supplies as well as logistics and expertise (Jensen et al, 2011). IS research provides examples of similar cases of companies and other organisations successfully exchanging resources to improve financial and environmental outcomes for the involved organisations and for society at large (Domenech and Davies, 2009).…”

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Excess heat supply collaborations within the district heating sector: Drivers and barriers

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2015

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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This article combines the theoretical field of Industrial Symbiosis (IS) with a business model perspective to increase the knowledge about drivers and barriers behind the emergence of excess heat supply collaborations between district heating companies and industrial firms. The increased knowledge is gained by identifying and examining drivers and barriers associated with collaborative efforts to funnel excess heat produced by industrial firms into district heating grids in Sweden. An increased recovery of excess heat has the potential to reduce the primary energy demands of district heating systems. This study examines both existing and potential developments of industrial collaborations of excess heat-based district heating systems. The focus of the study consists of two Swedish cases of existing collaboration between district heating companies and pulp and paper industries as well as 16 industrial firms that all produce unused excess heat as a by-product. Confirming earlier research results, this study shows that financial issues are both the main drivers and the main barriers behind the emergence and development of inter-organisational collaborations. In addition, this study confirms earlier research that found the trust, joint problem solving, and fine-grained information transfer are important elements of successful collaboration. This study complements and clarifies these three features by including honesty and shared visions on common goals as important qualities needed for well-functioning collaborations. Combining the IS and the business model perspective has made it possible to examine more factors related to collaboration. The business model perspective has contributed with knowledge about central components of the business agreement between the collaborating parties, and the IS-perspective has contributed knowledge of the important organisational factors behind the emergence and development of long-term sustainable business agreements between firms

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A synthesised framework of eco‐industrial park transformation and stakeholder interaction

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Eco‐industrial parks (EIPs) combine the concepts and principles of industrial ecology (IE) and industrial symbiosis (IS) to enable environmentally‐friendly industrial manufacturing capacity. The current reality is that many EIPs are developed from ageing industrial parks (IPs). However, how such EIP transformation projects are managed by diverse public and private stakeholders is largely unknown. This study summarises the results of a systematic literature review (n = 61) to identify a five‐stage process of EIP transformation. Five key stakeholders and influencing factors are identified, and drawing on process theory, a framework is developed that highlights how these stakeholders work together over time. While this study serves as an overview of the body of knowledge on the business and social aspect of EIP transformation, the main contribution of this work is the propositions on the interactions and order of stakeholders embedded in the framework, which can guide future research especially on the early stages of EIP transformation. In practice, EIP project managers can judge the stage of the project based on the project status and work back from actions entities undertake to progress the project systematically.

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Quantifying ‘geographic proximity’: Experiences from the United Kingdom's National Industrial Symbiosis Programme

Cited by 170 publications

References 16 publications

The role of geospatial industrial diversity in the facilitation of regional industrial symbiosis

The role of geospatial industrial diversity in the facilitation of regional industrial symbiosis

Excess heat supply collaborations within the district heating sector: Drivers and barriers

A synthesised framework of eco‐industrial park transformation and stakeholder interaction

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