Tracking Sustainability Targets with Quantitative Indicator Systems for Performance Measurement of Industrial Symbiosis in Industrial Parks

摘要: Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is a systematic and collective (business) approach to optimizing the use of materials energy among cross-sectoral industries in order initiate exhaust extended cascading systems; it associated with (synergistic) environmental, technical, social, economic benefits. For monitoring controlling development progress an IS system, indicator system must be set up standardize assess (sustainability) performance. This study aims present quantitative enable tracking sustainability targets Parks (IPs) for goal-directed management. The presented guiding framework encourages IP members systems objectives evaluate track their performance over time system. In particular, established (partly) internationally standardized methods—such as Material Flow Analysis (MFA), Cost Accounting (MFCA), Social Network (SNA), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)—are used place on solid robust foundation adequately meet multi-faceted perspectives form combinatorial application deriving suitable indicators all three (environmental, economic, social) dimensions sustainability. once embedded Information Technology (IT)-supported tool, contributes crucially technology-enabled environment systems, driving trajectories.