Green Chemistry and Green Engineering

Abstract

This chapter aims to familiarize the reader with both green chemistry and green engineering by defining and giving principles to each; future trends are also discussed. Therefore, green engineering also supports incremental improvements in materials, machine efficiencies, and energy use which can often be implemented more quickly than novel design approaches. A baker's dozen Principles of Green Engineering. Generally, the built environment is organized into six interrelated components: The reader should note that green engineering approaches often apply to buildings where nearly half of the electrical energy consumed in this country is used in the operation of buildings. In particular, one major focus of both green chemistry and green engineering is developing alternatives to the volatile organic solvents used so pervasively in chemical and manufacturing processes which was also addressed at the aforementioned 2007 EPA Conference. Green chemistry and green engineering are emerging issues that come under the larger multifaceted spectrum of sustainable development.