LCA in Green Chemistry: a new subject area and call for papers

Muñoz, Iván

doi:10.1007/s11367-012-0410-2

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“…Recently there has been an increased societal awareness of the way human society is progressing and the current and future associated environmental impacts (Harris and Briscoe-Andrews, 2008). In this sense, industrial activities, such as the chemical industry, resulted in the past century in huge advances, however, it is often viewed by the general public as causing more harm than good (Muñoz, 2012). .…”

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Incorporating life cycle assessment and ecodesign tools for green chemical engineering: A case study of competences and learning outcomes assessment

Margallo

Domínguez-Ramos

Aldaco

2019

Education for Chemical Engineers

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Chemical engineers assume a broad range of functions in industry, spanning the development of new process designs, the maintenance and optimization of incumbent systems, and the production of intermediate materials, final products and new technologies. The technical aptitude that enables chemical engineers to fulfill these various roles along the value chain makes them compelling participants in the environmental assessment of the product in question. Therefore, the introduction of life cycle assessment (LCA) and ecodesign concepts into the chemical engineering curriculum is essential to help these future professionals to face design problems with a holistic view of the technical, economic, social and environmental impacts of their solutions. The teaching of these and other disciplines by means of student-centered methods, based on a holistic structure, have demonstrate better teamwork and communication skills. For that reason, this paper proposes a Micro (Assess-Analyze-Act) (M-3A) model of assessment mainly focused on closing the loop of learning activities. This model has been applied to an ecodesign case study of the Master of Chemical

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confidence: 99%

Incorporating life cycle assessment and ecodesign tools for green chemical engineering: A case study of competences and learning outcomes assessment

Margallo

Domínguez-Ramos

Aldaco

2019

Education for Chemical Engineers

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Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Green Chemistry Objectives

Swarr¹,

Cespi

Fava³

et al. 2018

Handbook of Green Chemistry

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The sections in this article are Introduction Substitution of Safer Chemicals Missing Inventory Data and Characterization Factors Linking LCA and Chemical Risk Design Material and Energy‐Efficient Processes Introduction System Boundaries and Design Guidance Impact Categories and Green Metrics Policy Implications Promote Renewable Materials and Energy Introduction Glycerol Case Study Biochemicals Production Life Cycle Stages of Biochemical Production Environmental Implications of Biomass Production Carbon Accounting and Land Use Change Global Availability of Arable Land Conclusion and Recommendations

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