Module IIB. Exploring Techno-Economic Assessments and Life Cycle Assessments: Environmental versus Economic Evaluations of Soy-based Processes and Products

This module contains four parts that first guide instructors in teaching about and distinguishing between techno-economic assessments and life cycle assessments, then engages students in activities and homework assignments involving soy-based industrial processes. Critical thinking skills and analysis are required and green chemistry metrics and UN Sustainable Development goals are woven into the exercises. Note: The Laboratory Activity (#4) was designed to be performed as a ‘dry-lab’ after the Sustainable Adhesives from Soybean Oil: A Green Chemistry Laboratory Experiment in the Soy Curriculum (Module III of the Soy Chemistry Curriculum). In the case where the laboratory experiment is not performed to generate data for the activity, the sample data in the instructor’s guide may be given to students. The module was co-authored by Dwight Rust of Omni Tech International and reviewed by Haleh Keshtkar (Ph.D.).