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The Beginnings of EBM
Principles of EBM
Industrial Ecology
Green/Sustainable Engineering
Other EMB Concepts
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* 100-mile diet * Local shopping * Recycling * Product selection
Example of a personal way you can begin to implement EBM.
100
The following is not an advantage of EBM: - reducing energy and water consumption - minimizing waste - increasing resource requirements - reducing green house gases
What is increasing resource requirements.
100
True or False - When discussing EBM industries can include agricultural operations, clothing manufactures, chemical producers or schools.
What is True - industry has multiple meanings. Looking at altering activities and processes to become more sustainable.
100
The acronym LEED stands for:
What is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
100
Imitating aspects of nature to engineer new technologies, products or ideas to solve different problems that humans face
What is Biomimicry
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Where individuals act independently and in accordance to their own self interest resulting in resource depletion.
What is Tragedy of the Commons.
200
Measure of demand and resulting impact on natural resource and the environment
What is Ecological Footprint.
200
Dematerialization of goods, Substitution of material, Recycling, Waste mining
What is different ways a company can implement "complete recycling of materials".
200
Routine maintenance or operating routines to ensure processes are running as efficiently as possible.
What is Good House Keeping
200
The term used to describe the use of trees, plants, wetlands, etc. in environmental design.
What is "green infrastructure".
300
Take - Make - Dispose approach to product design/manufacturing.
What is a linear approach
300
*Mimicing natural processes in design * Creating a cyclical process * implementing actions to reduce, reuse, & recycle * Reducing overall environmental footprint
What is the Building Blocks of Ecosystem Based Management.
300
Using lesser amounts of resources.
What is - Dematerialization
300
The following thing can be considered _________ to achieving Green/Sustainable Engineering *Process modification, Technology modification, Good house keeping, Input substitution, On/Off site reuse
What are " TOOLS" or "STEPS" to achieving Green/Sustainable Engineering
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The concept of placing a specific value on the ecosystem services protected or integrated by different industries.
What is "natural capital"
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Management of the planet must not pollute, deplete, or degrade our environment so that it makes it more difficult for future generations to match our same lifestyles, health, and pleasure in our physical environment.
What is a Sustainable Management Approach.
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Complete this sentence EBM requires industry to consider themselves ____________ in natural system recognizing that sustainable natural system leads to sustainable industrial system
What is "embedded"
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Creating connections between industries in order to minimize resource input and minizime waste
What is cradle-to-cradle approach or circular economy or industrial symbiosis
400
Choosing a different process to minimize or eliminate resource use of waste generation
What is "process modification".
400
An approach to land development (or re-development) that works with nature to manage storm water as close to its source as possible.
What is Low Impact Development.
500
Example of a society where Tragedy of the Commons resulted in the decline of the population.
What is Easter Island.
500
True or False - For the purposes of this course Ecosystem Based Management considers the management of habitats/resources from a holistic perspective considering all components of an ecosystem and their interactions.
What is FALSE - considers the operations of INDUSTRIES from a holistic perspective considering industries as a component of the environment.
500
Industrial Ecology got its beginnings from "Biological Ecology" - this helps us to consider an industry's:
What is * individual requirements - industry as an organism * overall life-cycle impact * potential to work in coorporation with other industries - industry within an ecology * potential for changes with an industry to be more sustainable - industry evolution.
500
Name one example of green/sustainable engineering practice that Freigburg Germany is implementing.
Examples include: *greening street car line using grass * solar communities * wind turbines on buildings * use of glass in building design * car-less downtown core.
500
Risk can have an impact at various levels including on ___________, _____________, and ___________________
What are: * Individual – potential from suffering harm from a hazard * Environment – potential impacts from pollution or disturbance * Business – potential impacts to business success