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Title:
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EPESUS: A DEVELOPING WEB BASED ENERGY & MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS TOOL FOR ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARKS |
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Author(s):
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Ahmet Selman Bozkir, Ebru Akcapinar Sezer, Emre Yöntem, Gülçin Salihçavu?o?lu |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-73-1 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes, Guo Chao Peng, Jörg Roth, Hans Weghorn and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2012 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Material flow analysis, Web based MFA, Eco-industrial park, Industrial ecology |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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122 |
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Last Page:
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126 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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In recent years, with the increase of industrial production, assessment of the physical consequences of human and production activities became crucial in terms of efficient and environment friendly production. At this point, certain methods such as Energy Material Flow Analyses (EMFA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which contribute to optimization of energy and material consumption by sophisticated software tools, came to prominence. In this study, a web based EMFA software tool named EPESUS (Eco-Industrial Park Environmental Support System) is introduced by emphasizing its features and underlying methodological approaches. EPESUS, in contrast to other tools, presents unique features such as: (1) web based online material flow analysis (2) regional, country, eco industrial park or facility wide multi-dimensional EMFA analyzes for different types of users and (3) web based impact assessment. Since EPESUS presents an easy to use user interface and able to serve to different levels of organizations in various hierarchical levels it expands new horizons in EIP, region and country wide EMFA analysis that has never been achieved before. Thus, it is foreseen that EPESUS will prevent unfair competition in the industry and will encourage the industrialists to be more innovative to increase production efficiency and reduce costs so as to improve sustainable environmental management. |
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