Research at the Center for Industrial Ecology is carried out in collaboration with other segments of the Yale community, with other academic institutions, and with international partners in Austria, Japan, China, Belgium, Singapore, Scandinavia, India, and elsewhere. Faculty research interests include the theoretical basis of industrial ecology, the cycles of materials, technological change and the environment, eco-industrial urban development, industrial symbiosis, and product and producer policy issues.
Current Projects
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Thomas Graedel
The current and prospective reserves and the likelihood of development have been extensively studied for major industrial metals (e.g., iron and copper). Increasingly, industry is employing most of the remaining metals of the... Complete project overview »
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Marian Chertow
The Yale Program on Industrial Ecology in Developing Countries was launched in 2007, with the following mission: To work with international colleagues to adapt industrial ecology theory and practice to the realities... Complete project overview »
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Marian Chertow, Karen Seto
ULTRA-Ex Hawai’i Island is a collaborative, interdisciplinary research project seeking to improve understanding of the patterns, processes, and implications of human-nature interactions in Hilo and Kailua-Kona, the two largest... Complete project overview »
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Thomas Graedel
Modern society is made possible by the use of metals, and metals have historically been supplied from virgin stocks (ore bodies, mineral deposits, and the like). Other reservoirs exist, however, a principal one being materials... Complete project overview »
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Marian ChertowThe Hawai’i project was started in 2006 to apply the industrial ecology systems perspective to understanding resource flows there, thus expanding our experience with industrial ecology in island settings. Research is being... Complete project overview »Marian Chertow
The workshop for Island Industrial Ecology and Sustainability was held during the project year on Hawai’i Island and the primary attendee group successfully convened 17 researchers, including seven from Japan, five from the... Complete project overview »
Marian ChertowIn collaboration with National University of Singapore (NUS), this projects aims to apply methodology and idea in industrial ecology to enlighten sustainable urban planning in Jurong Lake District, Singapore. This new district... Complete project overview »
Marian ChertowThe hypothesis that most guides this research is that location within an eco-industrial system will enhance economic development while minimizing environmental damage. In order to support this hypothesis, the... Complete project overview »
Reid LifsetAmong their functions, cities are an important locus for the production, consumption and disposal of products. Traditionally, manufacturers bear the responsibility for the impacts of making products, consumers for the usage-... Complete project overview »
IN THE NEWS
Yale University’s Journal of Industrial Ecology is pleased to announce a special issue on Sustainable Urban Systems that focuses on the integration of engineered infrastructures, people, and natural systems in the pursuit of environmentally sustainable cities. more >>
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