Environmental Management System
EMS Implementation Plan
Traditionally EMSs are implemented across all operations at a facility simultaneously. This way of implementation works well for industry and smaller businesses and offices where operations are easily delineated and there is a simple chain of command structure in place.
The University is too large and too diverse to implement a single effective University-wide EMS at one time. The University is made up of a variety of undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools, each comprised of many departments with unique specialities. In addition to academics, the University maintains a large housing staff to oversee the maintenance of its dorms, a large athletics department that maintains the gyms and athletic fields, and facilities maintenance staff that maintain the infrastructure of the University, such as utilities and building. With so many diverse operations, University-wide implementation would be exceedingly difficult. To more effectively communicate the tasks and goals of the EMS to all the faculty, staff, and students, as well as getting the required support of the EMS from all departments, the EMS is being implemented incrementally on a much smaller scale.
Information on UVa's organizational structure can be found here.
- Business Operations
- Parking and Transportation
- Housing
- Dining
- Business Operations - Office Operations
- Child Development Center
- John Paul Jones Arena
- Mail Services
- Printing and Copying Services
- University Bookstore
- Environmental Health & Safety
- Facilities Management - Energy and Utilities Division
- IM-Recreational Sports
University Departments currently in the EMS implementation process:
- Facilities Management - Office Operations
- Facilities Management - Facilities Planning and Construction
- Athletics
Contact EHS with Environmental Management System related questions or comments at storm-water@virginia.edu.
EHS Environmental Management System website questions or comments should be directed to Jess Wenger at jsw6d@virginia.edu or 982-5540.
