JPH11259448A - Environment influence evaluation table for research/ development technology, environment influence evaluation system and medium recorded with program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an environment influence evaluation table assuming/evaluating influence given to an environment from harmfulness and usefulness when technology to be researched is completed, and to provide a computer system for generating the evaluation table and outputting an evaluation result using the evaluation table. SOLUTION: This table has a column for evaluating an evaluation result with respect to a plurality of evaluation items on harmfulness and usefulness when development completes, an entry column for a point obtained by multiplying the evaluation value and the weight points of the respective items, a total column into which the total of the points of the respective items is filled, a column which judges the total number of the evaluation result and into which 'significance' or 'no' is written, the content filling column of 'presence' against harmfulness or usefulness and a progress report column. This evaluation system has information 32 on the evaluation item and information 33 of evaluation reference. A generation supporting means 41 generates evaluation information 31 of research/development technology where a generation supporting means 41 becomes object based on information. An evaluation means 42 automatically executes evaluation on generated evaluation information 31 and the result is added to evaluation information 31. Evaluation information is outputted in the environment influence evaluation table and in the other system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an evaluation table for easily evaluating the effect of research and development technology on the environment, the creation of the evaluation table itself, and the target research and development technology based on the evaluation table. The present invention relates to a computer system for evaluating the impact on the environment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an environmental management system for evaluating and managing the environmental impact of an organization, mainly a company, has been established, and an environmental audit for examining the system and its operation has been carried out. The environmental management system describes the specifications and use of the environmental management system in ISO14001,
14004 provides general guidelines for principles, systems and support techniques. According to this guideline, explanatory documents on environmental management systems are issued, but no method is described for the environmental impact assessment method of research and development technologies (research themes) in research laboratories. In other words, the conventional environmental impact assessment method only assesses the current environmental impact of activities and products / services of the organization (current values), and will not be possible at the time when the research under development is completed. However, it has not been evaluated up to the assumed value of how the technology being studied affects the environment.

In particular, in the case of research and development technology, although evaluation at the time of completion of research is more important than evaluation at the present time, conventional technology has not established a means for evaluating up to such assumed future values. There was an inconvenience that it was not possible to provide guidance on how the current R & D will be evaluated in the future or what measures to take to obtain beneficial research results. In addition, the assessment of the environmental impact of such R & D technologies is based on the progress of R & D, technological advances in environmental measures, changes in the environment itself,
Furthermore, changes are expected during the completion of development due to revision of environmental standards, and the development of evaluation methods and evaluation systems that can flexibly respond to such changes has been desired.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide an environmental impact assessment table that can easily and properly evaluate the impact of research and development technology in a laboratory on the environment. Another object of the present invention is to freely create various environmental impact assessment tables according to the types and contents of R & D technologies,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an environmental impact assessment system that can output a research result of a research and development technology to be evaluated simply by inputting data for an assessment item or the like.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, the environmental impact assessment table of claim 1 describes the harm and environmental load of R & D technology that give an environmental load when the development is completed. By providing an environmental impact assessment column in which the assumed value of the benefit to be reduced is provided, environmental impact assessment from both environmental aspects of the benefit and the harmfulness is enabled. In the environmental impact assessment table of claim 1, the assumed values of harm and benefit are entered, so that the impact of the R & D technology on the environment at the time of completion can be evaluated on both sides.

In the environmental impact assessment table of claim 2, it is necessary to take measures against harmful substances and rare resources, odor, noise / vibration, air pollution, water quality / soil pollution as hazard assessment items in the environmental impact assessment column. In addition, a plurality of items selected from the items of generation of specially controlled industrial waste and harmful substances contained in the product itself are provided. In the environmental impact assessment table of claim 3, the environmental impact assessment column includes energy-saving and resource-saving effects, odor, noise / vibration, dust, reduction of waste, recyclability and harmlessness / harmlessness. A plurality of items selected from the effects are provided. In the environmental impact assessment tables of claim 2 and claim 3, since a plurality of expected evaluation items are set, the assessment can be easily performed, and the impact on the environment can be reduced by taking into account the assessment of the plurality of items. Even if they are combined, the evaluation can be performed based on a certain standard.

In the environmental impact assessment table of the fourth aspect, the environmental impact assessment column includes a column for evaluating the evaluation results for each evaluation item with respect to the research theme in a plurality of levels, and a weighting point for the evaluation value and each item. And a total column for entering the total score of each item. In the environmental impact assessment table of claim 4, since the assessment is carried out based on the score, even if the research is of a different theme, which is difficult to compare by ordinary means, the assessment can be made on the same basis, and a weight point is assigned to each item. This allows for flexible evaluation that takes into account the importance of the impact on the environment.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the environmental impact assessment table, the environmental impact assessment column is provided with a column for judging a total score of the evaluation results and writing "significant" or "not". The environmental impact assessment table of claim 6 is characterized in that the environmental impact assessment column is provided with at least one of a content description column and a progress report column for "hazard" and "benefit" for harm and benefit. I do. Since the environmental impact assessment table of claim 5 or claim 6 can directly display the assessment results and their specific contents, it is possible to easily grasp the contents of the assessment other than those for which the assessment was performed. .

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a research and development technique for performing an environmental impact assessment based on an assumed value of a harm that gives an environmental load at the time of completion of the development and a benefit of reducing the environmental load. In the environmental impact assessment system,
Storage means for storing information on the evaluation items regarding the harmfulness and significance of the R & D technology, information on the same evaluation criteria, and evaluation information including the evaluation result; and information on the information input from the input device and the evaluation items A creation support means for assisting creation of evaluation information by referring to information, and determining a “significant” or “absence” by referring to the evaluation criterion information according to the evaluation value of each item input from the input device. Evaluation means for adding the result to the evaluation information; output control means for searching and extracting the evaluation information stored in the storage means; and means for specifying an output format of the extracted evaluation information. It is characterized by having. In the invention of claim 7, the system automatically judges the evaluation of the research and development technology on which the user of the system is the subject by simply inputting information on the harmfulness and usefulness thereof. The evaluation result can be output in various output formats including the environmental impact evaluation table as described above.

[0010] In the system according to the present invention, the evaluation means evaluates the evaluation result for each evaluation item with respect to the research theme at a plurality of evaluation values, and calculates a score obtained by multiplying the evaluation value by a weighting point of each item. The total score of each item is compared with the evaluation criterion information. According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, since the evaluation of each item is displayed in a unified manner by numerical values, it is possible to easily evaluate the usefulness and the harmfulness, which are generally difficult to compare.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a program for realizing the system according to the seventh aspect is recorded on a medium such as a CD-ROM. Can be installed, and the system of the present invention can be easily realized.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (1) Configuration of Environmental Impact Assessment Table: FIG. 1 The environmental impact assessment table of this embodiment is, as shown in the overall view of FIG. 1, research topics arranged in order from the left side of the table. It consists of a name entry column 1, a harm assessment column 2, and a benefit assessment column 3. The research theme name entry column 1 is provided so that one line can be entered in order from the top of the table for each research theme to be evaluated, and comprises a theme name entry column 1a and a study number entry column 1b. .

As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 2, in the hazard evaluation column 2, the items of hazards to be evaluated include (1) use of harmful substances, (2) use of scarce resources, and (3) odor control. Necessity, (4) necessity of noise and vibration measures, (5) necessity of air pollution measures, (6) necessity of measures for water and soil pollution, (7) generation of specially controlled industrial waste, (8) product itself Of harmful substances.

As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 3, in the usefulness evaluation column 3, the usefulness items to be evaluated include (1) energy saving effect, (2) resource saving effect, (3) odor reduction, (3) 4) Noise and vibration reduction, (5) dust reduction, (6) waste reduction, (7) recyclability, (8) detoxification and detoxification effects are provided.

Below each of these items, a weight point display column 4 is provided, and the weight point display column 4 indicates the degree of importance of each item compared to other items. (1 to 3 points in the example of the figure). In addition, below the weight point display column for each evaluation item, the research theme is “Yes” (2 points) and “Unknown” for each evaluation item.
(1 point), "No" (0 point)
An evaluation entry column 5 is provided. Below the evaluation entry column 5, there is provided a subtotal column 6 for entering the result of multiplying the score described in the evaluation entry column 5 by the weight point described in the weight point display column 4. . At the end of each item provided in the harm evaluation column 2 and the benefit evaluation column 3, an evaluation point total column 7 is provided. In the total column 7, the total of the points described in the subtotal column 6 for each item is entered.

The above-mentioned hazard evaluation column 2 and benefit evaluation column 3
On the right side of, a judgment column 8 for describing the significance of the research theme with respect to harm and benefit based on the score described in the evaluation score total column 7 is provided. This judgment column 8
If the total score is equal to or greater than the judgment criterion, “significant” is entered, and if it is equal to or less than “judgment,” “no. In addition, adjacent to the right side of the determination column 8, when it is determined that there is "Yes", a content description column 9 for writing the content in an entry column and a report description column 10 for the progress of the research after a certain period of time are provided. Is provided.

(2) Operation and Effect of Environmental Impact Evaluation Table In the evaluation table of the present embodiment having such a configuration, numbers such as the theme name and the research number are entered in the research theme column 1. Then, assuming that the research theme is completed and applied to the product or the product, a check such as ○ is made in the evaluation entry column 5 of each item, and an evaluation value for the item is entered. The criteria for this evaluation are “Yes” when the content of the item is clearly recognized, “Unknown” when it cannot be determined, and “No” when the content of the item is not clearly recognized or when the item is not evaluated. Nothing ". For example, in FIG. 2, the use of harmful substances is indicated by “Yes (2 points)”, and the evaluation of rare resources is indicated by “Yes (2 points)”. Further, in FIG. 3, “記 入” is entered for an item determined to be useful. Further, in the evaluation of the usefulness, for example, the effect is determined by comparison with a conventional product, and in the evaluation of the harmfulness, for example, the production technology at the time of producing a product using the technology that has been developed is evaluated.

As for the entered evaluation value, a value obtained by multiplying the score by the weight point is entered in the subtotal column. The total score of the subtotal of each item is described in the total column 7 as 19 points or 17 points. Thereafter, by comparing the total score with a predetermined reference value, a determination result of “significant” or “no” is entered in the determination column 8. Furthermore, the judgment is “Yes”
In the case of, the content description column 9 shows, for example,
2 reduction, etc., and the report entry column 10 states, "Achieve 50% of the target."

As described above, according to the evaluation table of the present embodiment, it is possible to determine the assumed value of the degree of impact on the environment when the research and development technology is completed from both aspects of harm and benefit. Can be. In particular, the harmfulness and usefulness are summarized in one table, and a list of scores for each item can be viewed, so that the basis for the determination can be easily determined. Also, since the evaluation of each item takes into account the weight points, it is possible to cope with a change in the degree of importance of each item with respect to harmfulness or usefulness only by changing the weight points. Furthermore, since the contents of determination and the progress status can be specifically described in addition to simply displaying the score, there is an advantage that a specific guideline for advancing the target research and development can be obtained.

(3) Configuration of Environmental Impact Assessment System Next, an embodiment of a computer system for evaluating R & D techniques using the above-mentioned environmental impact assessment table will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7. This will be specifically described. This embodiment relates to an improvement in technology for creating and using evaluation information on a computer to evaluate how harmful or beneficial the technology has to the environmental impact, and more specifically, to improving the technology. In addition to supporting the creation, the created information is stored in a database and shared, so that it can be extracted from various departments in various formats over the network, for example, in the form of the environmental impact assessment table shown in FIG. It is possible to make effective use.

Each function of the embodiment described below is realized by a predetermined software controlling a computer and peripheral devices. In this specification, each function and each process correspond to “. The invention and the embodiments are described on the assumption of a virtual circuit block such as “means”. Therefore, for each block, each hardware element or software element that realizes this does not correspond one-to-one. In the block diagram, a portion displayed as information is recorded on a storage medium such as a hard disk and a CD-ROM.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 21 denotes a computer for realizing the present system.
A storage unit 22 for storing evaluation information necessary for outputting the environmental impact evaluation table and various information necessary for obtaining the evaluation information; inputting information necessary for evaluation; An input device 23 for inputting various necessary commands, a display screen 24 such as a display for displaying output results and a printer 25, and various means for creating and outputting evaluation information in accordance with accumulated information and input information Is provided. The computer 21 is connected to another computer such as a terminal 27 via a network 26.

The evaluation information 31 stored in the storage means 22 of the computer 21 is information relating to the evaluation of the harmfulness or benefit of the R & D technology to the environment, and is necessary for preparing the environmental impact evaluation table. All information, specifically, the research theme, its serial number, evaluation item, its weight, the evaluation score for each item, the judgment result, the content of the evaluation item if "yes", and the content of the progress status are included. ing.
Further, in the present embodiment, since a table in another format can be output in addition to the environmental impact assessment table of FIG. 1, information necessary for creating another table is also included in the assessment information 31. The storage means 2
2 includes information on evaluation items such as what items are included in the evaluation information 31, how to score each, and what evaluation items are selected according to the type of R & D technology. 32 are stored. The storage unit 22 also stores information 33 on evaluation criteria such as how many total points are significant (significant), and information 34 on conventional products to be compared for evaluation. .

The computer 21 has the storage unit 22
The following are provided as means for creating and outputting the evaluation information 31 in accordance with the information stored in the storage device and the information input from the input device 23. First, the creation support means 41 supports creation of the evaluation information 30 in a tabular form or in an interactive manner with reference to the information input from the input device 23, the information 32 on the evaluation item, and the information 34 on the conventional product. The creation support means 41 may have a function of easily displaying the information related to the input item, or of easily creating the evaluation information 31 by specifying conditions and freely searching. it can.

The evaluation means 42 calculates an evaluation for each item input from the input device, calculates a subtotal based on the weighted points and the evaluation points, and further sums up the subtotals of the respective items to obtain a total evaluation score. Calculate and add this to the evaluation information 31. Also, referring to the total score and the evaluation criterion information 33,
A determination of "significant" or "absence" is made, and the result is also added to the evaluation information 31.

The output control means 44 is a means for freely searching and retrieving the evaluation information 31 stored in the storage means 22 according to an instruction given from the input device 23 through the means 43 for specifying an output format. , The evaluation information 3
1 can be freely searched and taken out to the display screen 24 or the printer 25, and can be taken out from the terminal 27 through the network 26, so that various departments in the laboratory can use the evaluation information 31 to standardize it. Making it possible to share. Means 4 for specifying the format
3. When extracting the evaluation information 30 from the screen 24 or the printer 25, the evaluation information 31 can be easily and effectively utilized by designating a different format for each purpose or department. For example, in addition to outputting all items, extracting themes whose usefulness or harmfulness has reached a meaningful level, specifying how detailed the output is, or transferring the technology to another department Sometimes it is output in a special format. The same function may be provided in each terminal 27 for creating and outputting the evaluation information 31, and the storage unit 22 and the evaluation information 31 may be a dedicated server. in this case,
It is also possible to manage the storage period of each information and automatically delete it.

(4) Operation of Environmental Impact Assessment System The operation of the environmental impact assessment system of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration is as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, steps 501 to 505 in FIG.
Step 506 indicates processing for setting evaluation items and criteria required for creating the evaluation information 31.
To 512 are for performing a specific evaluation of the R & D technology to be evaluated and obtaining an output result such as an environmental impact evaluation table.

First, in order to create the information 32 on the evaluation items, in steps 501 to 503, the necessary evaluation items, the weighting points of each evaluation item, and what evaluation points are given to each evaluation item ( Information such as three stages as shown in the table of FIG. 1 and how to assign points in that case) is input. In step 504, a criterion for determining how to interpret the obtained score to determine the presence or absence of significance is set. in this case,
In the step of setting the evaluation items and the step of setting the evaluation points, it is possible to refer to the information 34 of the conventional product stored in advance. Also, these steps 501 to 504 can be performed sequentially, for example, when the order is changed or when the evaluation items are changed. Further, after such information is input, in step 505, the format in which the evaluation target is input or the evaluation result is output is determined, and various types of input / output formats are created. ,
It is stored together with the evaluation information 31.

In order to evaluate a specific R & D technology using the present system prepared as described above, the processes of steps 506 to 512 are performed. That is, when an evaluation start command is input from the input device 23, the creation support means 41 displays the input format prepared in the step 505 on the screen of the computer in response to the command. (Step 506). Next, for an evaluation item corresponding to the research theme, a researcher or manager who is a user of the system inputs an evaluation result for each item (step 50).
7). Then, the evaluation unit 42 totals the input individual evaluation results, and outputs the determination result with reference to the evaluation criterion information 33 to the display screen 24 or the printer 25. Looking at this output result, the user of the system further inputs the content of the judgment "Yes" (step 509), and also inputs the report content of the research progress (step 510).

The evaluation information 31 obtained in this manner is designated by specifying an output format (step 51).
1) A screen is displayed or printed out in a desired table form and output (step 512).

As an output format, in addition to the environmental impact assessment table shown in FIG. 1, for example, there is a table called “Research theme registration book with significant environmental impact” in FIG. In this table, when there are a plurality of significant research themes, the research themes are sorted and output according to the significance score.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to evaluate the harmfulness and beneficialness, which are both aspects related to the environmental impact, with respect to a research theme by using one environmental impact assessment table. Further, according to the environmental impact assessment system of the present invention, various tables necessary for considering the impact on the environment, such as the above-mentioned environmental assessment table, can be easily output, and the environment of the research theme can be output. The evaluation can be automatically executed by simply inputting the influence as data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an environmental impact assessment table of R & D technology according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a research theme column and a hazard evaluation column of the environmental impact assessment table shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a usefulness evaluation column of the environmental impact evaluation table shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the environmental impact assessment system of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the evaluation system shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a table that can be output by the system of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1… Research theme name entry field 2… Hazard evaluation field 3… Benefit evaluation field 4… Display field 5… Evaluation entry field 6… Subtotal field 7… Total field 8… Judgment field 9… Contents field 10… Report field DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Computer 22 ... Storage means 23 ... Input device 24 ... Display screen 25 ... Printer 31 ... Evaluation information 32 ... Evaluation item information 33 ... Evaluation criterion information 34 ... Conventional product information 41 ... Creation support means 42 ... Evaluation means 43 ... means for specifying output format 44 ... output control means

Claims (9)

[Claims] Claims: 1. The benefits and harms of R & D technologies are provided by providing an environmental impact assessment column to enter the harm that gives an environmental load at the time of completion of development and the estimated value of the benefits that reduce the environmental load. An environmental impact assessment table for R & D technologies that enables environmental impact assessment from both environmental aspects. 2. The hazard assessment items in the environmental impact assessment column include the use of hazardous substances and scarce resources, odor, noise / vibration, air pollution, water / soil pollution, and the generation of specially controlled industrial waste. 2. The environmental impact assessment table of R & D technology according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of items selected from items containing harmful substances in the product itself are provided. 3. As the usefulness evaluation items in the environmental impact evaluation column, energy-saving and resource-saving effects, odor, noise / vibration, dust, waste reduction, recyclability and detoxification / detoxification effects are selected from the items. The environmental impact assessment table of the research and development technology according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of selected items are provided. 4. A column for evaluating the evaluation result of each evaluation item with respect to the research theme in a plurality of levels of evaluation values, and a score obtained by multiplying the evaluation value by a weighting point of each item in the environmental impact evaluation column. 4. A column and a total column for entering the total of the scores of each item are provided.
Environmental impact assessment table for R & D technologies described in. 5. The R & D technology according to claim 4, wherein a column for determining a total score of the evaluation results and writing “significant” or “not” is provided in the environmental impact evaluation column. Environmental impact assessment table. 6. The research according to claim 4, wherein the environmental impact assessment column has at least one of a description column and a progress report column for “hazard” and “benefit”. Environmental impact assessment table for developed technology. 7. An environmental impact assessment system for a R & D technology that performs an environmental impact assessment on the R & D technology based on an assumed value of harm that imparts an environmental impact upon completion of the development and a benefit that reduces the environmental impact. Storage means for storing information on evaluation items regarding the harmfulness and significance of R & D technologies, information on evaluation criteria, and evaluation information including evaluation results; information input from an input device and the evaluation items Support means for supporting the creation of the evaluation information by referring to the information on the information, and judgment of “significant” or “absent” by referring to the evaluation criterion information according to the evaluation value of each item input from the input device. And output control means for retrieving and retrieving the evaluation information stored in the storage means, and outputting the retrieved evaluation information. Research and development techniques environmental impact assessment system, characterized in that it comprises a means for specifying a format, a. 8. The evaluation means evaluates an evaluation result for each evaluation item with respect to a research theme using evaluation values of a plurality of levels, calculates a score obtained by multiplying the evaluation value by a weighting point of each item, and calculates a score of each item. The environmental impact assessment system for R & D technology according to claim 7, wherein a total of scores is compared with the assessment criterion information. 9. An environmental impact assessment program for R & D technology that conducts an environmental impact assessment on the R & D technology based on the assumed value of the harm that imposes an environmental burden upon completion of the development and the benefit of reducing the environmental impact. A recording medium, wherein the program stores information on an evaluation item regarding harmfulness and significance of the R & D technology, information on the same evaluation criterion, and evaluation information including an evaluation result; and an input device. Supporting the creation of the evaluation information by referring to the information input from the input device and the information on the evaluation item; and referring to the evaluation criterion information in accordance with the evaluation value for each item input from the input device, and setting a “significant” Determining whether "" or "absence" and adding the result to the evaluation information; searching the information stored in the storage means; Step a, a medium recording an environmental impact assessment program research technology characterized by comprising a retrieving accordance.