Essential Green Chemistry Training
One-day comprehensive introduction to green chemistry fundamentals
Focuses on introducing the concept of Green Chemistry and its benefits. It has two sessions: one on the fundamentals of Green Chemistry and the other one in the area of research and innovations of Green Chemistry.
Workshop Goal
This one-day training raises the awareness of Green Chemistry, its role in society and opportunities in various research areas to workshop participants.
Learning Objectives
✔ Describe the current role of chemicals in our society, environment and economy.
✔ Review the twelve principles of Green Chemistry.
✔ Explain the transformational role of catalysis on industry and the associated material and energy benefits.
✔ Assess impacts of solvent usage and identify Green Chemistry alternative solvent systems and the subsequent benefits.
✔ Identify the advantages and disadvantages of various process feedstocks.
✔ Identify ways to reduce/eliminate waste and identify its potential as a feedstock.
✔ Knowledge of successful case study examples of Green Chemistry in industry and small businesses.
Training Options
The toolkit includes two comprehensive training programs designed for different experience levels and time commitments.
Module 1
Introduction: Chemicals in Society
This first module highlights the importance of the chemical industry in everyday life and shows how its development is closely linked to the changes in the global society and economics.
Key Topics:
✔ Chemistry in Society
✔ Chemicals and Health, Transportation, Communication
✔ Chemicals and Economy
✔ Unintended consequences: Doing the right thing the wrong way
✔ Environmental Challenges (Population, Energy, Global Change, Resource Depletion, Food Supply, Toxics)
Module 2
Fundamentals of Green Chemistry
The second module explains in detail the 12 Principles that define Green Chemistry as a field and compares Green Chemistry based technologies to traditional techniques.
Key Topics:
✔ Definition of Green Chemistry - Focus on Design
✔ Benefits of Green Chemistry (Environment, Human Health, Economics, Competitiveness, Sustainability)
✔ The Twelve Principles
Module 3
Areas of Research in Green Chemistry
The third module discusses the many aspects of research in Green Chemistry, highlighting the advances in technologies related to chemical feedstock, catalysis, solvents, and waste.
Key Topics:
✔ Feedstocks (Petroleum based economy, Renewable vs depleting feedstocks, Biomass, CO2)
✔ Catalysis (Definition and advantages, Greener catalysts, Enzymes)
✔ Solvents (Importance, Current hazards, Water as solvent, scCO2, Solvent-less reactions, Ionic liquids)
✔ Waste (Definition and types, Strategies to remove waste, When waste is not waste)
Module 4
Green Chemistry Innovations
The last module lists examples of innovations and techniques that follow Green Chemistry Principles in the global industry.
Key Topics:
✔ Case Study examples of Green Chemistry Application in Industry
✔ Small Business Green Chemistry Implementations
✔ Real-world Innovation Examples