Integrating input–output models with pinch technology for enterprise sustainability analysis

• Main Authors: Jia, Xiaoping, Li, Zhiwei, Wang, Fang, Foo, Dominic C.Y., Tan, Raymond Girard R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Coal mines and mining > China; Water consumption > China; Sustainability > China; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2766
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article proposes an integrated framework for enterprise sustainability assessment by integrating enterprise input–output modeling with water pinch analysis. Firstly, material metabolism of an enterprise is investigated to establish a baseline; then, potential for resource conservation and waste...