The Ministry of the Environment sponsors The Ontario Green Chemistry and Engineering Awards: two annual awards for individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the field of green chemistry and engineering, including technical, economic, human health and environmental benefits.
2012 Winners
- Organization Award: Xerox Research Centre of Canada
- Individual Award: Dr. Paul A. Charpentier, Professor, University of Western Ontario
The 2012 winners were presented with their awards on October 16th, 2012 at the 62nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Organization Award: Xerox Research Centre of Canada
The Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC) is Xerox’s global materials research centre located in Mississauga. The Centre researches, develops and manufactures green materials and processes used in Xerox’s laser printers, solid ink printers and other imaging products.
Xerox’s innovations include developing a toner that uses 50 per cent less material and a solid ink printer that eliminates the need for traditional toner cartridges and reduces waste generation by 90 per cent.
Individual Award: Dr. Paul A. Charpentier
Western University, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Dr. Paul A. Charpentier received the award for his research on green nanotechnologies and their applications in alternative energy conversion. His research on nanotechnology is currently being tested for use in solar cells that could harvest sunlight in a more efficient and cost-effective way.
Dr. Charpentier currently chairs the National Science and Engineering Research Council Panel on Energy for Strategic Proposals. He is an Executive Member of Canada’s Macromolecular Science & Engineering Advisory Panel and is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Western University.