Eco-Industrial Networks

Eco-industrial networks (EINs) develop relationships between businesses, communities, academia, and government to more efficiently and effectively use resources. Most think of resources in terms of just materials and energy, but this concept is expanded to include people, land and infrastructure in EINs.

By using resources in this manner, EINs experience:

• More efficient land use planning;
• Green buildings, technologies and practices;
• By-product synergies;
• Stronger partnerships between public and private organizations;
• Multi-objective infrastructure systems;
• Greater community and ecosystem health; and
• Greater returns on capital investment.