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Climate change calls for answers beyond pure optimization of resources and energy consumption in production. Our presented green vision looks long-term at CO2 as raw material for new synthetic raw materials and products as well as markets, referred to as green cycle economy. Green cycles are defined as CO2 sinks, empowered by renewable energy used for synthesizing fuels and materials from carbon sources. Green factories are defined by applying the concepts of green cycles to manufacturing industries. The transformation of existing into green factories is achieved in an evolutionary way, successively applying the technology levels defined for green cycle economies.
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Rohrmus, D., Döricht, V., Weinert, N. (2013). Green Cycles Economy and Factory. In: Nee, A., Song, B., Ong, SK. (eds) Re-engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_94
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