With research funds from the Norwegian Research Council we started the project "Industrial Ecology in Energy Intensive Industry" in 2000. It ran until August 2006. The aim was to improve and apply methods of industrial ecology, including life-cycle assessment and exergy analysis, in energy-intensive industries and to develop a better understanding of the social and organizational conditions of the application and 'reception' of such analysis. Further we aimed to contribute to the development of the Industrial Ecology Programme at NTNU through an interdisciplinary collaboration among different departments from three different faculties - Humanities, Natural Sciences and Engineering. The project included 3 PhD stipends, 1 PostDoc stipend, a Professor II position and research time of 4 professors. In addition, minor funding went to research assistants, students and to our collaboration with Faye Duchin and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA).

Complete list of publications (pdf).

Following courses and course elements were developed and taught supported by this project:

• :: KULT3321 Innovation and sustainability (2002- )
• :: TEP4220 Energy and Environmental Consequences (2001- )
• :: TEP4223 Input-output analysis, trade and environment (2005- )

Furthermore, project contributed to developing the exergy part of the course TVM4260 Introduction to Industrial Ecology.

PhD projects:

• Anita Zvolinschi:Project 1. Exergy Analysis
• Anders Hammer Strømman: Project 2. Life-Cycle Assessment and Input-Output Analysis
• Robert Ness: Project 3. Expert advice and it's reception in the energy-intensive industries
• Project summary in Norwegian/Oppsummering på norsk

PhD dissertations:

Anders Hammer Strømman: Selected Developments and Applications of Leontief Models in Industrial Ecology, Doctoral theses at NTNU, 2005:186, NTNU, Trondheim, ISBN: 82-471-7265-8 (printed) ISBN: 82-471-7263-1 (electronic)

Anita Zvolinschi: On exergy analysis and entropy production minimisation in industrial ecology, (forthcoming).

Robert Ness (forthcoming).