The Industrial Ecology Programme (IndEcol) is a multidisciplinary education and research programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
What is Industrial Ecology?
“Industrial ecology is the study of the flows of materials and energy in industrial and consumer activities, of the effect of these flows on the environment, and of the influence of economic, political, regulatory and social factors on the flow, use and transformation of resources. The objective of industrial ecology is to understand better how we can integrate environmental concerns into our economic activities. This integration, an ongoing process, is necessary if we are to address current and future environmental concerns."
Frederic Hauge, from the environmental foundation Miljøstiftelsen Bellona, features in the TIME's list of Environmental Heroes. Hauge has since 2006 been a member of the IndEcol Council.
The head of the technical support unit for the IPCC working group III - mitigation, presented the IPCC 4th assessment report to NTNU students and faculty on 2 October. As Meyer showed, immediate action to reduce CO2-emissions and other greenhouse gases is required in order to stabilize climate at a level that avoids dangerous effects of climate change.
IndEcol researcher Christian Solli has been engaged as an expert on CO2-emissions related to food and consumption for a TV reportage series in the science programme Schrödingers katt.
In 2006 China has overtaken the USA as the country with the highest global emissions. In a new analysis published in Environmental Science & Technology, Glen Peters and colleagues analyse the underlying causes of this growth in emissions.
IndEcol Friday Seminars is a series of lectures by people involved in the IndEcol programme as well as other invited speakers. To see the complete list of seminars, please visit the Events section.
As result of NTNU’s collaboration with Norsk Hydro , the company has kindly offered to sponsor three international top level guest lectures. They form a part of the Industrial Ecology course (TMV4162) this semester, but are also offered as open guest lectures at NTNU. After the lectures you may also download the notes or Power Point presentations.
The City of Trondheim has ambitious goals for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions but until now lacked a sufficient understanding of what these emissions were and how they came about. PhD student Hogne Nersund Larsen has investigated both the direct and indirect GHG emissions.
A government-appointed “low emissions committee” has recently published a proposal for a climate strategy for Norway until 2050. In an official statement, IndEcol provides an over-all positive judgment of the report “A climate-friendly Norway”, but criticizes important omissions.
The 5/2007 issue of Norway's oldest and largest women's magazine, Kvinner & Klær (KK), features a "How much do you pollute" calculator made by Nina Holck-Steen and Ann Iren Glimsdal. Nina and Ann Iren also contributed to a double page of "smart things to do to lessen your environmental burden".
PostDoc Espen Moe's book “ Governance, Growth and Global Leadership: The Role of the State in Technological Progress, 1750–2000” focuses on the role of the state in promoting a country's long-term technological progress and industrial leadership.
