{"product_id":"green-chemistry-metrics-isbn-9781405159685","title":"Green Chemistry Metrics","description":"Quantifying the environmental impact of chemical technologies and products, and comparing alternative products and technologies in terms of their “greenness” is a challenging task. In order to characterise various aspects of a complex phenomenon, a number of different indicators are selected into a metric. This book outlines fundamental developments in chemistry and chemical technology that have led to the development of green chemistry, green chemical technology, and sustainable chemical technology concepts, and provide a foundation for the development of the corresponding metrics. It includes different approaches to metrics, and case study examples of their applications, and problems in practice. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen Chemistry Metrics is aimed at graduate students and researchers, practitioners and environmental managers in industry, metrics developers, and governmental agencies and NGOs in the area of environmental protection and sustainability. The main focus will be on chemical processes, however the book will be relevant to other industry sectors such as energy, electronics, healthcare, food and consumer products.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin A. Abraham, James Clark and Neil Winterton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Incentives for Using Green Chemistry and the Presentation of an Approach for Green Chemical Design 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas D. Anastas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Green Product Design 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Application of Green Metrics Analysis to Chemical Reactions and Synthesis Plans 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Andraos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Mass Balances and Life Cycle Assessment 200\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarco Eissen, Georg Geisler, Bruno Bühler, Christian Fischer, Konrad Hungerbühler, Andreas Schmid and Erick M. Carreira\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Process Metrics 228\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid J.C. Constable, Conchita Jimenez-Gonzalez and Alexei Lapkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Application of LCA in Process Development 248\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDana Kralisch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Tools and Strategies for Greening Chemical Inventories in Small Businesses 272\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLauren Heine and Teresa McGrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 321\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDr Alexei Lapkin\u003c\/b\u003e has been at the University of Bath, Department of Chemical Engineering, since 1997. He graduated from Novosibirsk State University, Russia in 1994. \u003cb\u003eDr. David J. C. Constable\u003c\/b\u003e has been with GlaxoSmithKline in the Corporate Environment, Health and Safety Department since 1991. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA in 1986. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr David J.C. Constable\u003c\/b\u003e is currently the Director of EHS Product Stewardship Team, Corporate Environment, Health and Safety, at GlaxoSmithKline\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors to the book:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr Martin Abraham\u003cbr\u003e Dr Nick D. Anastas\u003cbr\u003e Dr John Andraos\u003cbr\u003e Dr Bruno Bühler\u003cbr\u003e Professor Enick M. Carreira\u003cbr\u003e Dr James Clark\u003cbr\u003e Dr Marco Eissen\u003cbr\u003e Dr Christian Fischer\u003cbr\u003e Dr Georg Geisler\u003cbr\u003e Dr Lauren Heine\u003cbr\u003e Professor Konrad Hungerbühle\u003cbr\u003e Dr Conchita Jimenez-Gonzalez\u003cbr\u003e Dr Dana Kralisch\u003cbr\u003e Dr Alexei Lapkin\u003cbr\u003e Ms Teresa McGrath\u003cbr\u003e Dr Richard Miller\u003cbr\u003e Professor Andreas Schmid\u003cbr\u003e Dr Neil Winterton\u003c\/p\u003e  Quantifying the environmental impact of chemical technologies and products, and comparing alternative products and technologies in terms of their “greenness” is a challenging task. In order to characterise various aspects of a complex phenomenon, a number of different indicators are selected into a metric. This book outlines fundamental developments in chemistry and chemical technology that have led to the development of green chemistry, green chemical technology, and sustainable chemical technology concepts, and provide a foundation for the development of the corresponding metrics. It includes different approaches to metrics, and case study examples of their applications, and problems in practice. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen Chemistry Metrics is aimed at graduate students and researchers, practitioners and environmental managers in industry, metrics developers, and governmental agencies and NGOs in the area of environmental protection and sustainability. 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