Industrial Ecology as a Research area

Industrial ecology helps companies become more competitive by improving their environmental performance and strategic planning. IE helps communities develop and maintain a sound industrial base and infrastructure without sacrificing the quality of their environments. And it helps government agencies design policies and regulations that improve environmental protection while building business competitiveness.

Industrial ecology principles and methods can be used by service as well as manufacturing companies. Application of IE will improve the planning and performance of government operations, including local, regional, and national levels of infrastructure.

A central research area at the Department is Sustainable Urbanism including Climate Change mitigation and adaption.

The Division of Industrial Ecology works in close co-operation with our partners in industry, government and leading foreign universities in EU, USA, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and China.