Measurement of the sustainability of a chemical process or product using metrics such as atom efficiency, renewable content, and toxicity.
Environmental Impact Assessment: This topic deals with evaluating the potential environmental impact of chemicals and processes.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): LCA helps in identifying and measuring the environmental impacts of products and processes throughout their entire lifecycle.
The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry: The 12 principles of green chemistry were developed as a guide for chemists to design safer, more sustainable chemical products and processes.
Renewable Resources: This topic deals with developing and using renewable resources to replace non-renewable ones, such as coal and petroleum.
Safer Chemical Substitutions: This topic deals with the replacement of hazardous chemicals with safer alternatives.
Pollution Prevention: Pollution prevention involves minimizing the amount of waste generated and the release of pollutants during chemical production.
Green Solvents: This topic deals with the use of solvents that are less toxic and have lower environmental impact.
Green Energy: This topic involves the use of sustainable and renewable energy sources for chemical production.
Green Engineering: Green engineering involves the design and development of processes and materials that are environmentally friendly.
Green Metrics: This topic deals with the development of metrics to measure the environmental impact of chemicals and processes.
Life Cycle Costing: This topic deals with estimating the total cost of a product or process over its entire lifecycle, including environmental and social costs.
Sustainable Development: Sustainable development involves meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Toxicology: Toxicology is the branch of science that deals with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms.
Ecolabeling: Ecolabeling involves the labeling of products to indicate their environmental impact.
Green Supply Chain Management: Green supply chain management involves the integration of environmental considerations into supply chain management processes.
Atom Economy: Calculates the proportion of starting materials that end up in the final product.
Sustainable Solvents: The amount of renewable solvents used in a particular process.
Renewable Feedstocks: The amount of renewable feedstock used in a process.
Energy Efficiency: The amount of energy consumed in a particular process.
Toxicity: Evaluating the toxicity of the chemicals used and produced in the process.
Lifecycle Assessment: Evaluating the environmental impacts from raw material extraction to disposal of the final product.
Reaction mass efficiency: The ratio of the actual mass of the desired product in a given reaction to the total mass of all reactants.
Mass intensity: The amount of waste generated per unit mass of chemical produced.
Carbon Footprint: The carbon emissions associated with a process or product.
Hazardous waste reduction: The reduction of hazardous waste generated in a process.
Water Use: The amount of water used in a process.
Process Safety Metrics: Evaluating the risk of chemical accidents during the process.