抄録
In order to reduce the emission of CO_2 and other reactive gas, it is necessary for our local governments to take effective actions to set an example not only for the citizens but also for private enterprises in each governing area. Recently, "Environmental Management System" has been introduced as one of the effective ways to reduce the impact against the environment by all kinds of activities, including the operation of buildings. There are movement in some of the local governments to take the steps so called "PDCA cycles" in order to carry out the energy savings and economizing resources in the operation of local government's facilities, as one of the management systems. In this study we have conducted a research on local governments in Japan that hold population of more than 100,000 and discovered that there were several flaws in each steps of the present management systems.
