The GreenChemEx Mission
The ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI) developed the Green Chemistry Resource Exchange (GreenChemEx) as part of a cooperative agreement with the U.S. EPA Design for the Environment program. GreenChemEx is a place for users to exchange green chemistry information resources. As this dynamic database grows in content, it will also grow in value and can become a comprehensive collection of green chemistry technologies and information. With GreenChemEx, users can gain the knowledge and ideas that will further advance green chemistry and innovate all aspects of the chemical enterprise.
Why was GreenChemEx Created?
With the expansion of green chemistry knowledge and technology, easy access to green chemistry resources, information, and examples, for an audience of diverse background, skills, and wants is a must. GreenChemEx has been created to fill this niche. The resource exchange was developed to provide green chemistry information to a broad audience, including chemists, business leaders, technology experts, students, and the general public. The database was also designed for easy access by people with minimal to extensive knowledge of chemistry and green chemistry.
How GreenChemEx Works
To facilitate searching for such a broad audience, the entries are searchable by pre-set categories that cover a very broad range of topics, so that all users should be able to identify topics that are relevant to them. Over 60 pre-set categories are organized under top-level topics, including industry sectors, chemicals and materials, and green chemistry keywords. Users can search by any combination of the pre-set categories as well as by user-defined text. In the text search, chemical names can also be searched. With all of these search options, the user can conduct a search that is very broad or very narrow.
With this extensive selection of pre-set categories in GreenChemEx, a wide variety of users should be able to find pertinent green chemistry information. For instance, a business executive in the pharmaceuticals industry who may not know anything about green chemistry can find numerous examples of pharmaceutical companies that specify financial benefits as well as fewer process steps, less hazardous chemicals, less waste, and higher yield of product by applying the principles of green chemistry. In another instance, a researcher in the automotive industry can find examples of greener plastics, paints, and carpeting that have reduced VOCs, are made from renewable resources, and/or are recyclable. A professor can find examples of academic research in supercritical fluids and ionic liquids. And a person from the general public can become more informed about safer household cleaning products and what companies are researching and selling them.
Become a Part of the Exchange!
You can contribute entries to the database! GreenChemEx is designed to be a dynamic, ever-growing database with many features and capabilities. Anyone can submit entries to the database through the Contribute page to help the database grow. New entries can include resources such as websites, journal articles, books, news articles, audio or video clips, and presentations/lectures. All new entries will go through a review process before appearing online in the database. In addition, by joining the site, you can receive notifications when new entries in their fields of interest are added. As users contribute resources, the exchange will become more comprehensive and help to improve the way chemists and non chemists make a difference in our world. |
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