| Title |
Resources Audit as an Effective Tool for the Implementation of Industrial Symbiosis Paths for the Transition Towards Circular Economy |
| ID_Doc |
20894 |
| Authors |
Cutaia, L; Beltrani, T; Fantin, V; Mancuso, E; Sbaffoni, S; La Monica, M |
| Title |
Resources Audit as an Effective Tool for the Implementation of Industrial Symbiosis Paths for the Transition Towards Circular Economy |
| Year |
2020 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1007/978-3-030-36660-5_3 |
| Abstract |
The optimisation and the resources saving can represent an economic lever and support companies' competitiveness. In Italy, the national government has established a strong policy for energy saving, energy efficiency and for incentives to energy production from renewable sources, whereas polices and tools for improving resource efficiency have not been developed yet. The purpose of this work is to present an operational methodology, developed by ENEA, for the audit of resources at the company level, with the aim to boost resource efficiency, thus obtaining both economic and environmental advantages. Thismethodology operates both internally, by means of an efficiency increase and processes optimisation, and externally, by means of the cooperation with other companies and stakeholders at territorial level (industrial symbiosis). The proposed resources audit is based firstly on the analysis of input and output resources used and produced by a company and then on the investigation of possible options to reduce their consumption or under-utilization (waste disposal, etc.). |
| Author Keywords |
Industrial symbiosis; Life cycle assessment; Operative handbooks; 'origin, destination' string; Resource audit; Resource efficiency |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Book Citation Index – Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH); Book Citation Index – Science (BKCI-S) |
| EID |
WOS:000816142500004 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Industrial; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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