Environmental risk assessment and management In an educational unit, using FMEA method

Subject Areas : environmental management

Jafar Nouri ¹ , Majid Abbaspour ² , Mina Torabi Fard ³

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Received: 2008-01-30 Accepted : 2008-04-10 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: FMEA, Risk Assessment, risk management, risk reduction,

Abstract :

Implementation of environmental management system, in universities and higher education fields, provides an active and healthy environment towards sustainable development. Implementation of EMS, not only causes continual improvement, but also familiarizes the public with new management system, which be a good pattern for environmental preservation. So, this study was performed to assess the environmental Risks and control and reduce the environmental Risks at the science and research campus of Islamic Azad University. This center is located in a special geographical location, the north Tehran’s fault passes under it, and also construction activities (general plan) to enlarge university and lack of sewage treatment system and unsuitable sewage disposal cause different kinds of environmental impacts. Thus in accordance with the university’s development plans, it was tried to assess the environmental risks to achieve environmental continual improvement. To reach this object the risks were identified and assessed. The assessment of environmental risks has been done through FMEA method. According to risk assessment outcomes, natural hazardous such as earthquake, flood, thunderbolt, explosion caused by constructional process, ground water pollution, natural resource degradation, waste and landscape visual pollution have been identified as high risk activities. Risk levels comparison results show that 63% of the consequences are high risk, 14% are of medium risk and 23% are identified as low risk. Therefore according to the identified risks, the objects, targets, program and indexes of environmental management system were documented and solved environmental management has been suggested. Obviously the main result of research will be the reduction of environmental risks and implementation of EMS in the science and research campus of Islamic Azad University of Tehran.