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Environmental Management
Umwelt-Management
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:15:41
Abstract
An environmental management system has the objective to continuously improve the environmental performance of the activities, products and services of a company. The company has to introduce different management procedures. The goal of this lecture is to provide basics and specific procedure to implement the environmental dimension in the planning and decision making processes of an organisation.
Objective
Overview on environmental management and environmental management systems, general methods and principles.
Content
Introduction to environmental mangement / environmental management systems, energy and material flows; economical and ecological problems in industry; charakterisation of an enterprise (incl. management handbook); structur and contents of an environmental management system; overview on the ISO 14001 ff. series; methodes for environmental evaluation and assessment; integrated management systems; planning methodology and life-cycle-design design; planning exampl
Resources
Lecture Notes
Information about environmental management and environmentalmanagement systems will be provided by a CD or mail.
Literature
a list with literatures and links will be provided
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC , DS , MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture with exercise | Umwelt-Management |
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2 h weekly |
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