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R. Clift, A. Druckman (eds.), Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20571-7_19
Chapter 19
Quantifying the Potential of Industrial
Symbiosis: The LOCIMAP Project,
with Applications in the Humber Region
Malcolm Bailey and Andrew Gadd
Abstract The Humber region, in North East England, is a major hub of industrial
activity and trade. It has seen applications of industrial symbiosis for many years,
initially centred on ‘top-down’ infrastructure projects with large capital investment
but subsequently following a ‘bottom-up’ approach engaging industries in the area.
Reductions in GHG emissions and waste generation have already been impressive.
The possibilities for further savings, recognising the European Union’s aspirations
for deep GHG cuts and the objectives of the A.SPIRE partnership involving 114
stakeholders from the process industries in Europe, have been explored in the
LOCIMAP (low-carbon industrial manufacturing parks) project, which involved
partners from across Europe. Industrial symbiosis has been central in the plans for
LOCIMAP from the outset. Studies conducted for LOCIMAP have revealed that
more substantial savings require industrial symbiosis to be designed in, rather than
developed once facilities exist. Major further savings depend on co-location of
activities in eco-industrial parks to enable systematic process integration, but following this approach raises further questions, including:
– How can such systems be engineered without compromising safety?
– What are the implications for system resilience?
– How does close integration affect operations such as maintenance?
The project has shown that we have the engineering ability to achieve deep
reductions in energy use and GHG emissions provided industries can be located in
eco-industrial parks with interactions designed according to thermodynamic principles. Barriers to realising this concept, to achieve a new industrial revolution,
include an economic and fi scal system which means that design for optimal economic performance leads to different outcomes from designing for optimal environmental performance.
Keywords Eco-industrial parks • Energy integration • Humberside • Industrial
symbiosis • Resource innovation
M. Bailey (*) • A. Gadd
Link2Energy Ltd , 1-3 Bigby Street , DN20 8EJ Brigg , North Lincolnshire
e-mail: malcolm@link2energy.co.uk; andrew@link2energy.co.uk
© The Author(s) 2016
R. Clift, A. Druckman (eds.), Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20571-7_19
Chapter 19
Quantifying the Potential of Industrial
Symbiosis: The LOCIMAP Project,
with Applications in the Humber Region
Malcolm Bailey and Andrew Gadd
Abstract The Humber region, in North East England, is a major hub of industrial
activity and trade. It has seen applications of industrial symbiosis for many years,
initially centred on ‘top-down’ infrastructure projects with large capital investment
but subsequently following a ‘bottom-up’ approach engaging industries in the area.
Reductions in GHG emissions and waste generation have already been impressive.
The possibilities for further savings, recognising the European Union’s aspirations
for deep GHG cuts and the objectives of the A.SPIRE partnership involving 114
stakeholders from the process industries in Europe, have been explored in the
LOCIMAP (low-carbon industrial manufacturing parks) project, which involved
partners from across Europe. Industrial symbiosis has been central in the plans for
LOCIMAP from the outset. Studies conducted for LOCIMAP have revealed that
more substantial savings require industrial symbiosis to be designed in, rather than
developed once facilities exist. Major further savings depend on co-location of
activities in eco-industrial parks to enable systematic process integration, but following this approach raises further questions, including:
– How can such systems be engineered without compromising safety?
– What are the implications for system resilience?
– How does close integration affect operations such as maintenance?
The project has shown that we have the engineering ability to achieve deep
reductions in energy use and GHG emissions provided industries can be located in
eco-industrial parks with interactions designed according to thermodynamic principles. Barriers to realising this concept, to achieve a new industrial revolution,
include an economic and fi scal system which means that design for optimal economic performance leads to different outcomes from designing for optimal environmental performance.
Keywords Eco-industrial parks • Energy integration • Humberside • Industrial
symbiosis • Resource innovation
M. Bailey (*) • A. Gadd
Link2Energy Ltd , 1-3 Bigby Street , DN20 8EJ Brigg , North Lincolnshire
e-mail: malcolm@link2energy.co.uk; andrew@link2energy.co.uk