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EPFL2020A Holistic Methodology for Optimizing Industrial Resource Efficiency
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Efficient consumption of energy and material resources, including water, is the primary focus for process industries to reduce their environmental impact. The Conference of Parties in Paris (COP21) highlighted the prominent role of industrial energy effici ...
2019Why Does Material Efficiency Stay in the Shades of Energy Efficiency?
The efficient utilization of raw materials has become a crucial topic for more and more companies in order to assure their existence and competiveness. Therefore, the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg has commissioned the Institute for Industrial E ...
Paul Scherrer Institute, World Resources Forum2019Methodologies for simultaneous optimization of heat, mass, and power in industrial processes
Efficient consumption of energy and material resources, including water, is the primary focus for process industries to reduce their environmental impact. The Conference of Parties in Paris (COP21) highlighted the prominent role of industrial energy effici ...
EPFL2018Waste Reduction Strategies: A Different Perspective on Waste Flow Modeling and its Application to Concrete and Phosphorus
Changing consumption patterns and global population growth lead to ever-increasing waste generation. Human activity and waste generation are irrevocably linked, and the current situation thus calls for a more circular approach to waste management, where wa ...
2018Environomic multi-objective optimization of an eco-industrial park
François Maréchal, Lindsay Dianne Lessard, Maziar Kermani
A circular economy refers to an industrial economy with a cradle to cradle vision, shifting from the use of fossil fuels towards renewable energy, minimizing the use of toxic chemicals and reducing waste by recycling through careful system design. The conc ...
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Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch
Neurological disorders disrupt the equilibrium within the brain and spinal cord ecosystems. Ecology reuses, recycles, and reduces to help maintain the balance across ecosystems. Likewise, neuroprosthetics can help the brain help itself with ecoprosthetic d ...
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