Carbon Footprint Reduction
Workshop

Synopsis
Climate change is a major concern for the global community.  Emissions of greenhouse gases from industrial activities have long been known to be major contributors to global warming.  This trend has led to significant interest in the increased use of renewable energy or sustainable technologies to reduce emissions.  This workshop introduces algebraic and graphical tools for the calculation and visualization of carbon footprint and analysis of improvement options. These tools facilitate the evaluation and screening of process improvement alternatives.  Case studies based on single- and multiple-product scenarios will be used to demonstrate these techniques using spreadsheets.
Learning outcomes

• How to calculate carbon footprint for a product.
• How to identity strategies to reduce carbon footprint.
• How to reduce carbon footprint for single product manufacturing.
• How to prioritise carbon footprint reduction for multiple products.

Targeted participants
Corporate sustainability officers, process engineers, production engineers, production manager, university researchers and professors.
Tools needed: laptop with MS Excel spreadsheet, ruler and calculator Training tentative

Day 1	Content
8:30 am – 9:00 am	Registration
9:00 am – 9:40 am	Session 1 – Introduction: Climate change, carbon footprints, and implications for industry
9.40 am – 10.00 am	Session 2 – Generic methods for carbon footprint reduction with graphical technique
9:40 am – 10:00 am	Break
10:00 am – 12:15 am	Session 3 – Industrial case studies Case study 1 – biochemical production Case study 2 – chlor-alkali production
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Session 3 (continued) Case study 3 – palm oil refinery
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm	Session 4 – carbon footprint reduction for multiple products Case study 4 – syngas and dry pulp production

  Trainers Professor Ir. Dr. Dominic Foo is a Professor of Process Design and Integration at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, and is the Founding Director for the Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council UK, a Professional Engineer (PEng) with the Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM), as well as the Past President for the Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE). Professor Foo is an active author, with 10 books, more than 220 journal papers and made more than 230 conference presentations, with more than 40 keynote/plenary speeches. Professor Foo is the Editor-in-Chief for Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability (Springer Nature), Subject Editor for Process Safety & Environmental Protection (Elsevier), and editorial board members for several other renowned journals. He is the winners of the Innovator of the Year Award 2009 of IChemE, Young Engineer Award 2010 of IEM, Outstanding Young Malaysian Award 2012 of Junior Chamber International (JCI), Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer 2013 (Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan), and Top Research Scientist Malaysia 2016 (ASM). He is ranked in the “Stanford List” among the top 2% of the world’s scientists. He conducted close to 100 professional workshops to academics and industrial practitioners worldwide, including in UK, Australia, South Korea, South Africa, etc.