Industrialnatural
Industrialnatural is a term used to describe an approach to manufacturing and industrial design that seeks to integrate industrial activity with natural systems to enhance sustainability and resilience. It encompasses practices from industrial ecology, circular economy, bio-based materials, and nature-based solutions, aiming to minimize resource use, emissions, and waste by leveraging ecological processes and synergies.
The term is not yet standardized in peer-reviewed literature, but it is used to capture a family
Key principles include resource efficiency and decarbonization, waste valorization, and industrial symbiosis where byproducts or waste
Applications span eco-industrial parks and manufacturing sites that implement on-site energy and water loops, biorefineries, and
Challenges include the need for long-term planning, cross-firm coordination, regulatory and policy support, and robust measurement.