Sustainable Solutions for Modern Economies (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hofer, Rainer

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RSC
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847552686
• Artikelnr.: 44867914

Autorenporträt

Rainer H÷fer is Vice-President (Emeritus) of Cognis GmbH, Monheim, Germany. He has received the Henkel Innovation Award for Environmentally Benign Organic Specialty Chemicals, the Cognis Innovation Award for a new Star-polymer-based Defoamer Concept, the Federation of German Industries (BDI) Award for Environmentally Benign Surfactant-Systems based on Renewable Raw Materials, the Solvsafe Consortium Award for his Contribution to Sustainable Chemistry, and has close to 200 patents and published journal and book articles. Dr. H÷fer graduated in inorganic chemistry at G÷ttingen University. He spent three years at the Technical University of Oran (ENSEP), Algeria, as Ma¯tre de ConfÚrences and Directeur de l'Institut de Chimie before joining Henkel KGaA in D³sseldorf. With Henkel and Cognis he has assumed research and development, application technology, technical sales service, strategic business development and technology scouting responsibilities in oleochemistry, polymer chemistry and surfactant chemistry for the global polymerization, coatings, graphic arts, adhesives, engineering plastics, agrochemical, synthetic lubricants, and pulp & paper markets.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: History of the Sustainability Concept - Renaissance of Renewable Resources
Chapter 2: Sustainability in Finance - Banking on the Planet
Chapter 3: Metrics for Sustainablilty
Chapter 4: Sustainable Logistics as a Part of Modern Economies
Chapter 5: Sustainable Solutions for Consumer Products
Chapter 6: Sustainable Solutions for Nutrition: A Consumer Expectation
Chapter 7: Biomass-based Green Energy Generation
Chapter 8: Green Fuels - Sustainable Solutions for Transportation
Chapter 9 : Biomass for Green Chemistry
Chapter 10: Sustainable Solutions - Green Solvents for Chemistry
Chapter 11: Sustainable Solutions for Adhesives and Sealants
Chapter 12: White Biotechnology