ENVS 295: Environmental Management Systems

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ENVS 295 Environmental Management Systems

• Part 1 International EMS Models
• Part 2 Field Trip Reports
• Part 3 Critique Last Years Report

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What About Other Campuses?

• Third party review is a key component of making
  an EMS meaningful, so it would be interesting to
  know if other campuses are doing something like
  this
• Would they know what were talking about?

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2006 Benchmark Survey of EMS in US
63 are interested in or are developing an EMS
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U.S. Higher EducationCumulative reported EMS
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EMS Models

• ISO 14000 the analytical approach
• Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
• a European wide voluntary regulation encouraging
  the adoption of environmental management
  stakeholder involvement is emphasized
• BS 8555 gradual approach
• Eco Campus gradual approach with awards and
  aspect scheme

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EcoCampus Aspects
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The Eco Campus Model

• Bronze Level (Planning)
• Senior management commitment
• Environmental awareness training
• Baseline environmental review
• Draft environmental policy
• Silver Level (Implementing)
• Legal other requirements
• Significant environmental aspects
• Objectives, targets programs
• Environmental policy

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The Eco Campus Model

• Gold (Operating)
• Resources, roles, responsibility authority
• Competence, training and awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Control of documents
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness response
• Platinum (Checking Correcting)
• Monitoring measurement
• Evaluation of compliance
• Nonconformity, corrective preventative action
• Control of records
• Internal audit
• Management review

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Keep in mind

• The EMS and related tools are just that - tools.
  Alone, they will not guarantee success.
• The organization must use the tools, not just
  have them.
• An effective EMS is alive constantly measuring
  performance, making adjustments, and looking for
  opportunities to make continual improvement.
• This is where teamwork considerations come in.

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EMS Documentation

• Effective Writing / Use Of Words
• Lords Prayer 54 words
• Ten Commandments 297 words
• American Declaration of Independence 300 words
• EEC Directive on Export of Duck Eggs 26,911 words

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Field Trip Reports

• Purpose
• Describe the program with multiple audiences in
  mind, but the management audience is primary
• Collect information that allows a description of
  the management system in use for this program
• Identify imbalance in their PDCA cycle
• Assess the development of the EMS in the Eco
  Campus model

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Step 1 Vital Statistics

• Answer the journalistic questions to define the
  scope of the program
• Who
• What
• When
• Where
• Why
• How
• Note sources of this information web page, paper
  documents, memory of the program manager
• This should be done before the field trip through
  the quiz and on line research

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Step 2 EMS outline

• Describe the program in EMS terms
• Aspect covered
• Impact measurement
• Indicator tracking
• Relative significance of indicators
• Goals and trends
• This information will probably come out of the
  presentation by the program manager and following
  discussion
• Again, note the sources of the information

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Step 3 PDCA overview

• Organize the program indicators into Plan, Do,
  Check, Act stages
• Look for scorecard imbalances
• Probably will request questioning of program
  manager and loose interpretation of the stages

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Step 4 Eco Campus Rating

• Use the extent of documentation to assess the
  stage of development of the EMS on the Ecocampus
  scale
• May be done on site but more likely in the next
  class period during discussion of the program.
• If we can identify easy ways to improve the
  rating, include those in the report.
• The field trip reporter will lead this
  discussion, but the determination will be done by
  the class as a whole.

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ESF Trip Report

• Vitals
• EMS Analysis
• PDCA Balance
• Eco Campus Rating

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Wednesdays Field Trip UVM Green Building
Program

• Starts at 4 PM at the 438 College Street.
• Just down the hill from Waterman
• Bring your green building quiz answers on paper