IRIS Integrated European Industrial Risk Reduction System Current practices in risk assessment and management for industrial systems are characterized by its methodical diversity and fragmented approaches. At present the European Industry recognised their obligation to reconsider risk and safety policies, having a more competitive industry and more risk informed and innovation accepting society in vision. Therefore the large collaborative project IRIS is proposed to identify, quantify and mitigate existing and emerging risks to create societal cost-benefits, to increase industrial safety and to reduce impact on human health and environment. European Research Project funded by FP7 AWARD2008 Austrian Champion in European Research BOOK Industrial Safety and Life Cycle Engineering The book can be ordered free of charge at VCE (Ms. Nicole Krims-Steiner, krims-steiner[a]vce.at).ISBN 978-3-200-03179-1 www.vce.at/iris/
