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Servitization in Support of Sustainable Cities: What Are Steel’s Contributions and Challenges?

Servitization in Support of Sustainable Cities: What Are Steel’s Contributions and Challenges?


Title: Servitization in Support of Sustainable Cities: What Are Steel’s Contributions and Challenges?
Author: Pinto, Julian Torres de Miranda   orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-9166
Morales, Manuel
Fedoruk, Mariia
Diemer, Arnaud
Kovaleva, Marina
Date: 2019-02-07
Language: English
Scope: 855
University/Institute: Háskóli Íslands
University of Iceland
School: Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ)
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI)
Department: Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science (UI)
Iðnaðarverkfræði-, vélaverkfræði- og tölvunarfræðideild (HÍ)
Series: Sustainability;11(3)
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su11030855
Subject: Circles of sustainability; Servitization; Steel; Sustainable cities; Sustainable urban metabolism; Borgir; Sjálfbærni
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1808

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Pinto, J.T.M.; Morales, M.E.; Fedoruk, M.; Kovaleva, M.; Diemer, A. Servitization in Support of Sustainable Cities: What Are Steel’s Contributions and Challenges? Sustainability 2019, 11, 855.

Abstract:

In the pursuit of eco-efficiency, resilience, and self-sufficiency, sustainable cities focus on long-term environmental goals instead of only short-term economic ones. To do so, many of them rely on servitization, the practice of replacing tangible solutions for intangible ones. Considering steel's wide range of applications and its pervasive presence, this article's goal was twofold: Not only to understand how servitization helps sustainable cities, but also the contributions and challenges of the steel present in service-providing. To do so, the criteria of sustainable urban metabolism and circles of sustainability were used to analyze three case studies of servitization: energy, housing, and mobility. The results showed that servitization can provide significant benefits to sustainable cities, while also being able to substantially alter the supply-side dynamics of steelmaking by affecting, most notably, demand. This brought to light how important it is for steelmakers to pay close attention to the service-providing initiatives that may concern their clients and products. Nevertheless, further research is necessary to fully understand all of the effects that servitization can have on all of the commodities involved in its implementation.

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