Eco-Industrial Parks (EIPs), network of industries that collaborate by utilizing each other's byproducts and wastes, are highly desirable for both the industries themselves, their environment, and governments due to their economic, environmental, and social advantages. Previous work has shown that EIPs are not as successful as they could be in terms of mimicking the behavior of biological ecosystems, highlighting that more work needs to be done for EIPs to truly mimic their biological-counterparts. The Kalundborg EIP, located in Kalundborg, Denmark, is a well documented example of an EIP with long-term success. Using the water network within the Kalundborg EIP as a case study, two bio-inspired networks are selected from an optimization based on the ecosystem metric robustness. The bio-inspired solutions are compared with a traditionally cost-minimized solution to understand what bio-inspired design can offer when a network is disturbed. Disturbances such as connection breakages and industry shutdowns are tested, showing that the bio-inspired designs require minimal recovery costs – in stark contrast to the traditional network solution. The results show that the bio-inspired designs reduce the network's dependence on a scarce import (freshwater) and have higher overall network resilience in the event of disturbances. The three network solutions are discussed from a ecological perspective, explaining differences from the standpoint of ecosystem characteristics. The analysis highlights the benefits of using ecology to understand the nature of and improve the design of industrial networks.

生态工业园（EIPs）是通过相互利用副产品和废物进行协作的产业网络，由于其经济，环境和社会优势，对于产业本身，其环境和政府而言都是非常理想的。先前的工作表明，在模仿生物生态系统的行为方面，EIP并没有取得成功，这突显了EIP要真正模仿其生物对应物还需要做更多的工作。位于丹麦Kalundborg的Kalundborg EIP是长期成功的EIP的有据可查的例子。以Kalundborg EIP中的水网络为例，从基于生态系统度量稳健性的优化中选择了两个生物启发网络。将受生物启发的解决方案与传统的成本最小化解决方案进行比较，以了解当网络受到干扰时，受生物启发的设计可以提供什么。测试了连接中断和行业关闭等故障，表明以生物为灵感的设计所需的恢复成本最低，与传统网络解决方案形成鲜明对比。结果表明，受生物启发的设计减少了网络对稀缺进口（淡水）的依赖，并且在发生干扰时具有更高的总体网络弹性。从生态角度讨论了这三种网络解决方案，并从生态系统特征的角度解释了差异。该分析突出了利用生态学来了解工业网络的本质并改进工业网络设计的好处。