ENEN2000 Lecture 5: L5 Engineering strategies for sustainability
11 Jun 2018
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L5 Engineering strategies for sustainability
Popular tools used
• EMS – environmental management system
• CP – cleaner production
• DfE – design for environment (L6)
• IS – industrial symbiosis L12
Environmental Management Systems
-our influences/activities effect the environment decision
Environmental disasters
1. Three-mile Island USA
2. Love Canal USA
3. Bhopal India
History of environmental management
What are the main sustainability assessment tools in engineering?
1.LCA
• Economic – life cycle analysis
• Environmental – life cycle assessment, ecological footprint
• Social – SLCA
2.EMS
• EMS certification by International Standards Organization – awarded by ISO-accredited certification bodies
Main advantage of the standard – it is homogeneous internationally and that globally, individuals are familiar with
its processes of certification
EMS target – the prevention of negative environmental impacts, encourages environmentally
Why do engineers need environmental management systems?
EMS – is part of the overall management system which includes the organizational structure, planning activities,
responsibilities, practices, procedures and maintaining the environmental policy.
EMS is an industrial tool that allows an organization to systematically control its level of environmental performance, which
helps management identify potential environmental impacts arising from activities etc.
-help to establish programs to achieve corporate environmental goals and review activities to ensure that corporate
environmental policy objectives are being properly carried out.
EMS aims
1. Identify and control the environmental impacts and risks
2. Achieving and establishing environmental policy, targets,
3. Identifying the opportunities
4. Monitoring and continual improvement of environmental performance
What are the components of EMS?
1. Environmental policy – company commitment to EMS
2. Environmental impact identification
3. Objectives and targets – how to minimize impacts and risk
4. Consultation – with staff and the community
5. Operational and emergency procedures (risk management plan)
6. Environmental management plan – methods to achieve targets – what we want to reserve
7. Documentation – to verify the performance of an organization – important to document all detailed information
related to EMS
8. Responsibilities and reporting structure
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Document Summary
Ems environmental management system: cp cleaner production, dfe design for environment (l6) Environmental disasters: three-mile island usa, love canal usa, bhopal india. Ems certification by international standards organization awarded by iso-accredited certification bodies. Main advantage of the standard it is homogeneous internationally and that globally, individuals are familiar with its processes of certification. Ems target the prevention of negative environmental impacts, encourages environmentally. Ems is part of the overall management system which includes the organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures and maintaining the environmental policy. Ems is an industrial tool that allows an organization to systematically control its level of environmental performance, which helps management identify potential environmental impacts arising from activities etc. Help to establish programs to achieve corporate environmental goals and review activities to ensure that corporate environmental policy objectives are being properly carried out. Identify and control the environmental impacts and risks: achieving and establishing environmental policy, targets, monitoring and continual improvement of environmental performance.
