The environmental information system of the University of Osnabruck: Concept and integration into the management information system [Teil V: Das umweltinformationssystem der Universitat Osnabruck: Konzept und einbindung in das zukuftige management-informationssystem]

Abstract

The basis for the first energy and flow analysis of the University of Osnabruck and the resulting ecobalance was an extensive data collection, preparation and processing. To simplify drawing up the balance in the following years and to facilitate an eco-controlling based on this data, a concept for a University's Environmental Information System (EIS) was developed. It consists of three parts: the operative level includes the data bases of the individual administrative departments; at the central data base level, the ecobalance and the environmental characteristic values are computed; and the processing and presentational level serves as an interface between the data and users. The implementation of the EIS is intended within the framework of the general Management Information System, the development of which was started in 1998.