Conference Proceedings
An engineering-based environmental management system design
C Burvill, J Weir, M Leary
Iced 11 18th International Conference on Engineering Design Impacting Society Through Engineering Design | DESIGN SOC | Published : 2011
Abstract
Environmental imperatives necessitate formal Environmental Management Systems (EMS) to understand and manage the environmental consequences of commercial activities. A diverse range of EMS have been proposed, however these present limitations in accommodating changes in environmental performance, and do not incorporate fundamental process analysis to assess how the actual performance varies from what is theoretically achievable. A novel engineering-based risk evaluation framework has been developed that applies fuzzy logic and fundamental process analysis to overcome the identified issues. Copyright © 2002-2012 The Design Society. All rights reserved.