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Industrial Sector Ecology Project
The Industrial Sector Ecology Project requires weekly deliverables. The project focuses on sustainability, recycling, and infrastructure. After choosing the industrial sector you would like to research in Week One, research and deliver a short papers in Weeks 2 through 4 in preparation for the final Industrial Sector Ecology Project due in Week 5. The final project also includes a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation.
Week Two: Stages of the Process Life Cycle, Recycling, and Infrastructure
Select one of the following industrial sectors:
· Metal finishing
· Specialty chemicals
· Oil and gas
· Farm products (for example eggs or milk)
Obtain faculty approval.
Research the stages of the process life cycle, recycling, and infrastructure based on your chosen industrial sector.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses issues relevant to the stages of the process life cycle, design for recycling, and types of infrastructure as it pertains to your chosen industry.
Include a detailed narrative of the following:
· The stages of the process life cycle
· The approaches for reuse and recycling used in your chosen area
· The effectiveness of each reuse and recycling approach
· Differing types of infrastructure within the sector
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Week Three: Life Cycle Assessment
Research the life cycle assessment based on your chosen industrial sector. The specifics of life cycle assessment can be found in Ch. 12 and 13 of Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering. For the purposes of a basic assessment, Figures 12.1 and 12.2 are especially helpful.
Submit a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses life cycle assessment within your chosen industry.
Discuss your ideas about the development of symbiotic industrial systems within your industrial sector.
Include the following details about your industry:
· Choose an appropriate system level for your chosen industrial sector based on life cycle assessment.
· Discuss why the system level is appropriate for this industrial sector.
· Identify some of the boundaries of life cycle assessment within your industry sector.
· Describe basic, typical design and development of the symbiotic industrial systems in your chosen industrial sector.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Week Four: Analysis of Materials and Energy Flow
Research the analysis of materials and energy flow based on your chosen industrial sector.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that provides an analysis of materials and energy flow as it pertains to your chosen industry.
Include a narrative of the following:
· How will the basic role of budgets and cycles affect material flow analysis within the industry?
· What is the relationship between energy and industrial ecology? How does it affect the industry?
· Will water have much bearing on the ecology of your chosen industry? Why or why not?
· Will this industry affect the ecology of urban areas nearby? Why or why not?
· Describe the specific applications of models in industrial ecology for your industry?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Week Five: Future of the Sector - Role of Corporations and Government
Research the role of corporations and government based on your chosen industrial sector.
Finalize a 1,750- to 2,100-word final paper that summarizes your findings in Weeks 2 through 4. Elaborate on those ideas while addressing the role of corporations and the government in sustainable engineering and their impact on your chosen industry.
Include a final narrative of the following:
· What sustainable engineering role do corporations and the government play within the industry? What is the future outlook?
· What is the outlook for renewable and nonrenewable sources within the industry?
Format your final paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Present a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation final summary based on your Industrial Sector Ecology Paper.
· For Local Campus students, these are oral presentations accompanied by Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations of approximately 8 to 10 slides.
· For Online and Directed Study students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with speaker notes of approximately 8 to 10 slides.
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