Science & Technology
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Kolibri System Enables Mobile Measurement of Air Emissions at the Source Fact Sheet
Researchers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are developing and demonstrating the Kolibri, an air emission sensor/sampler instrument, for use on small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) and ground-mobile applications.
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Simulation Tool Kit for Indoor Air Quality and Inhalation Exposure (IAQX)
A Microsoft Windows-based indoor air quality (IAQ) simulation package consisting of a general-purpose simulation program and a series of stand-alone, special-purpose programs.
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ECM for Aminocyclopyrachlor methyl & degradates in Soil - MRID 47560226
Environmental Chemistry Methods for Aminocyclopyrachlor methyl & degradates in Soil - MRID 47560226
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1997 Small Business Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1997 award winner, Legacy Systems, developed the Coldstrip process, which uses only water and oxygen to remove photoresist from silicon semiconductors. It replaces corrosive acids.
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Green Chemistry Challenge: 2023 Small Business Award
Green Chemistry Challenge 2023 award winners
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Green Chemistry Challenge: 2023 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award
Green Chemistry Challenge 2023 award winners
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Green Chemistry Challenge: 2023 Academic Award
Green Chemistry Challenge 2023 award winners
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Green Chemistry Challenge: 2023 Designing Greener Chemicals Award
Green Chemistry Challenge 2023 award winner
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Green Chemistry Challenge: 2023 Specific Environmental Benefit—Climate Change
Green Chemistry Challenge 2022 award winners
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Green Chemistry Challenge: 2023 Greener Reaction Conditions Award
Green Chemistry Challenge 2023 award winners
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2000 Greener Reaction Conditions Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2000 award winners, Bayer and Bayer AG, Covestro, developed high-performance, water-based, two-component polyurethane (PU) coatings that eliminate most or all VOCs and HAPs in other PU coatings.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1996 Academic Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1996 award winner, Professor Mark Holtzapple, developed methods to convert waste biomass (e.g., sewage sludge, agricultural wastes), into animal feed, industrial chemicals, or fuels.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1999 Small Business Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1999 award winner, Biofine, developed a process to convert waste cellulose in paper mill sludge, municipal solid waste, etc. into levulinic acid (LA), a building block for other chemicals.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2000 Small Business Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2000 award winner, RevTech, developed a process to print top-quality labels directly on glass. Their Envirogluv inks have no heavy metals, have little to no VOCs, and are biodegradable.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1999 Academic Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1999 award winner, Professor Terry Collins, developed a series of TAML oxidant activators that work with hydrogen peroxide to replace chlorine bleaches for paper making and laundry.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2008 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2008 award winner, Battelle, developed a biobased soy toner for laser printers and copiers. The technology saves energy and improves de-inking, allowing more paper fiber to be recycled.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2001 Small Business Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2001 award winner, EDEN Bioscience, discovered and commercialized harpins: nontoxic, naturally occurring, biodegradable proteins that activate a plant's defense and growth mechanisms.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1999 Greener Reaction Conditions Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1999 award winner, Nalco Chemical Co., developed homogeneous dispersion polymerization with water as the solvent to make polymers to treat water in industrial and municipal operations.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2010 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2010 award winners, Dow and BASF, jointly developed a route to make propylene oxide from hydrogen peroxide that eliminates almost all waste and greatly reduces water and energy use.