Promoting low-carbon city through industrial symbiosis: A case in China by applying HPIMO model

Liang Dong, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Hui Zhang, Ming Dai, Minoru Fujii, Satoshi Ohnishi, Yong Geng and Zhu Liu

Energy Policy, 2013, vol. 61, issue C, 864-873

Abstract: China launched low-carbon city strategy to respond global climate change. Industrial symbiosis (IS) could generate both economic and environmental benefits in clustered industries and communities. This research shed light on how industrial symbiosis contributes to city's low-carbon development. An urban-level hybrid physical input and monetary output (HPIMO) model which covers physical energy inputs and air pollutants emissions, is established for addressing case study in a Chinese typical industrial city (Liuzhou). Based on current energy consumption and industrial symbiosis and the application of HPIMO model, scenarios related to industrial symbiosis, including waste plastics recycling, scrap tires recycling, flying ash recycling and biomass utilization are explored. Results show that compared with business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, IS can reduce solid wastes and further contribute to the co-benefits of energy saving, CO2 emissions reduction and air pollutants reduction. The finding is critical for national low-carbon strategy. Finally, policy implications to support the ever-improvement of IS promotion in China are proposed and discussed.

Keywords: Low-carbon city; Industrial symbiosis; HPIMO model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.084

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