Journal of Industrial Ecology
Call for Papers:
Special Issue on
Environmental Applications of Information
and Communications Technology
Deadline:
September 15, 2009
Innovations in information
and communications technology (ICT) continue to emerge at a dizzying pace.
Databases, sensors, satellite communications, and mobile communications
have been used since their emergence in the marketplace for a wide variety
of environmental purposes. This special issue is intended to examine new
applications of ICT to environmental management and policy, especially
as they relate to the central concerns and methods of industrial ecology.
Industrial ecology is
an emerging field that examines the flow of materials and energy at various
scales as part of the study and pursuit of sustainable production
and consumption.
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material and energy flows
studies ("industrial metabolism")
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technological change and
the environment
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dematerialization and decarbonization
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life cycle planning, design,
management, and assessment
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design for the environment
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extended producer responsibility
("product stewardship")
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eco-industrial parks ("industrial
symbiosis")
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product-oriented environmental
policy
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eco-efficiency
Support for this special
issue is provided by the Leading Edge Forum
of the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC),
Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
Suggested Topics for the Special
Issue
The
goal of this special issue is to examine applications of ICT that produce
environmental gains, especially those involving resource efficiency, loop-closing,
design for the environment, and other concepts central to industrial ecology.
Appropriate topics include:
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Building and process control
systems
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Building information modeling
(BIM)
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Enterprise information systems
that integrate environmental data with core business work flow and supply
chain systems
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New developments in telecommunicating
and teleconferencing
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Changing employee and customer
behavior to support environmental goals and processes
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Environmental auditing,
reporting, and verification enabled through ICT
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Use of ICT to track substances,
materials, and products through their lifecycle
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Grid/cloud computing, mesh
networks, CPU scavenging and sensor-based systems
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Web
2.0
Papers can describe generic applications, assess conceptual issues
and/or
present case studies of specific applications. Papers should comply with
the state of the art methodology in life cycle assessment, material flow
accounting, and related analytical techniques. Case studies which are rich
in detail, forthcoming about both strengths and weaknesses of applications,
and which avoid promotional descriptions of companies or technologies are
especially welcome.
How to Submit
Manuscripts
should be original, previously unpublished, in English, and between 3,500
and 7,000 words in length. Submission implies that the manuscript has not
been submitted for publication elsewhere and
that it will not be submitted elsewhere while the review process is underway.
All submissions will be reviewed according to the Journal's standard single-blind
peer review process. Papers should be submitted electronically via Manuscript
Central at <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jie>.
Details about the preparation of the manuscript can be obtained from the
Journal's web page <http://www.wiley.com/go/jie>
or from the editor.
Send inquiries to:
Reid Lifset
Editor, Journal of Industrial
Ecology
Yale University
School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies
195 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT, 06511-2189 USA
indecol@yale.edu
http://www.wiley.com/go/jie
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Updated by N. Gordon, August 10, 2009