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Anna Lewandowska
Department of Quality Management, Poznań University of Economics and Business, 61-875 Poznan, Poland

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Journal article
Published: 27 August 2021 in Energies
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Improving national electricity mixes and increasing a share of renewable energy covered by credible and reliable tracking systems are vital topics, also in a context of life cycle assessment. There are many publications devoted to the relevance of energy in the life cycle of products, but only few LCA examples applying residual mixes have been found in the literature. The paper presents the results of an LCA study for a refrigerator calculated with using different electricity mixes and technologies. The life cycle was divided into eight stages and the electricity consumption was modelled as renewable energy, national residual mix, or national supplier mix. Electricity mixes for three different countries were selected and used. The study aimed to answer the following questions: “what are the most relevant elements in the life cycle of the analysed refrigerator?”, “do the elements change if various electricity mixes are applied?”, and “what differences are there in the environmental impact of electricity generation modelled as residual and supplier mixes?”. From the life cycle perspective, not only may differences in national electricity systems between countries turn out to be important, but equally significant may be the choice between different types of mixes for a certain country.

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Anna Lewandowska; Przemysław Kurczewski; Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman; Marek Zabłocki. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Refrigerator Modelled with Application of Various Electricity Mixes and Technologies. Energies 2021, 14, 5350 .

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Anna Lewandowska, Przemysław Kurczewski, Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman, Marek Zabłocki. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Refrigerator Modelled with Application of Various Electricity Mixes and Technologies. Energies. 2021; 14 (17):5350.

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Anna Lewandowska; Przemysław Kurczewski; Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman; Marek Zabłocki. 2021. "Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Refrigerator Modelled with Application of Various Electricity Mixes and Technologies." Energies 14, no. 17: 5350.

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Published: 15 August 2021 in Energies
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One of the most recently developed life cycle-based methods is an environmental footprint of products and organisations established by the European Commission. A special procedure of data and dataset quality assessment has been developed as a part of the environmental footprints methodology. The procedure may be recognised as vital and powerful but, at the same time, a bit complicated and time-consuming. It is worth discussing this subject and looking for potential simplification. In this paper, we suggest a possible way for simplification. We propose to remove an impact-assessment-based step from the procedure of company-specific datasets quality assessment. There are two potential benefits: a reduction in the need for expert knowledge and time savings. The threats posed are connected to the fact that all data influences the Data Quality Rating indicator of the entire dataset to the same degree. With a higher volume of data included in the assessment, there is a risk of greater differentiation in their quality. In this paper, an example of raw milk production is presented. The assessment of quality of the dataset was performed in three variants: pursuant to the approach established by the European Commission in the pilot phase, transition phase and with certain modifications employed.

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Anna Lewandowska; Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman; Przemysław Kurczewski. A Dataset Quality Assessment—An Insight and Discussion on Selected Elements of Environmental Footprints Methodology. Energies 2021, 14, 5004 .

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Anna Lewandowska, Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman, Przemysław Kurczewski. A Dataset Quality Assessment—An Insight and Discussion on Selected Elements of Environmental Footprints Methodology. Energies. 2021; 14 (16):5004.

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Anna Lewandowska; Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman; Przemysław Kurczewski. 2021. "A Dataset Quality Assessment—An Insight and Discussion on Selected Elements of Environmental Footprints Methodology." Energies 14, no. 16: 5004.

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Published: 27 November 2020 in Sustainability
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This article describes research done within the CIRCE2020 project, implemented under the INTERREG CENTRAL EUROPE 2014–2020 Programme. The main aim is to present the results of a life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) carried out for a recycling plant in Wielkopolska. From the LCA perspective, the analyzed recycling plant performs two functions; therefore, two research approaches were adopted: from the final waste management perspective (Approach 1) and from the production of secondary products (Approach 2). From the first perspective, the total environmental impact for the reference flow (215.140 kg of multi-material waste) was 552.32 Pt. When focused on the second perspective, the environmental impact for the production of plastic boards (3.073 boards) reached 659.58 Pt. The difference in the obtained values results from the fact that the second analysis, besides waste processing, included additionally the generation of raw materials corrected by the quality factor. The total production cost of boards made of multi-material waste was PLN 165,957.23. Energy consumption is the main cost-generating element of production and also the most important environmental hot spot. To increase environmental efficiency and reduce costs, the use of technology allowing for the reduction of energy demand should be considered first.

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Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman; Dawid Garstecki; Marcin Konopczyński; Anna Lewandowska. Implementation of Life Cycle Based Tools in the Circular Economy Context—Case Study of Plastic Waste. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9938 .

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Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman, Dawid Garstecki, Marcin Konopczyński, Anna Lewandowska. Implementation of Life Cycle Based Tools in the Circular Economy Context—Case Study of Plastic Waste. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):9938.

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Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman; Dawid Garstecki; Marcin Konopczyński; Anna Lewandowska. 2020. "Implementation of Life Cycle Based Tools in the Circular Economy Context—Case Study of Plastic Waste." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 9938.

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Published: 12 November 2018 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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Zbigniew Stanislaw Klos; Joanna Kulczycka; Anna Lewandowska; Stefan Trzcielinski. The 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management 2019—Poznań, Poland, 1–4 September 2019 (www.lcm2019.org). The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2018, 23, 2365 -2366.

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Zbigniew Stanislaw Klos, Joanna Kulczycka, Anna Lewandowska, Stefan Trzcielinski. The 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management 2019—Poznań, Poland, 1–4 September 2019 (www.lcm2019.org). The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2018; 23 (12):2365-2366.

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Zbigniew Stanislaw Klos; Joanna Kulczycka; Anna Lewandowska; Stefan Trzcielinski. 2018. "The 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management 2019—Poznań, Poland, 1–4 September 2019 (www.lcm2019.org)." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 23, no. 12: 2365-2366.

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Published: 04 July 2018 in Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies
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The paper presents a procedure and a methodology of research which aimed at assessing and comparing the effectiveness of different variants of labels in communicating life cycle based environmental information (EU ecolabel, draft PEF labels). Based on a survey, an electroencephalography (EEG) and an eye-tracking, the information regarding consumers’ ecological awareness, their neurological reaction and a visual attention is gathered and used for identifying the ecolabels’ elements with the highest communication potential. A potential target audience of the project is not limited to the specialists in the environmental labelling, but includes also the readers involved in green marketing, Product Environmental Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment practitioners.

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Anna Lewandowska; Barbara Borusiak; Christian Dierks; Pasquale Giungato; Ewa Jerzyk; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Jagna Sobierajewicz; Sangwon Suh; Joanna Witczak. Neuro-marketing Tools for Assessing the Communication Effectiveness of Life Cycle Based Environmental Labelling—Procedure and Methodology. Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies 2018, 163 -173.

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Anna Lewandowska, Barbara Borusiak, Christian Dierks, Pasquale Giungato, Ewa Jerzyk, Przemyslaw Kurczewski, Jagna Sobierajewicz, Sangwon Suh, Joanna Witczak. Neuro-marketing Tools for Assessing the Communication Effectiveness of Life Cycle Based Environmental Labelling—Procedure and Methodology. Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies. 2018; ():163-173.

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Anna Lewandowska; Barbara Borusiak; Christian Dierks; Pasquale Giungato; Ewa Jerzyk; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Jagna Sobierajewicz; Sangwon Suh; Joanna Witczak. 2018. "Neuro-marketing Tools for Assessing the Communication Effectiveness of Life Cycle Based Environmental Labelling—Procedure and Methodology." Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies , no. : 163-173.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2018 in Sustainability
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Characterizing consumers in terms of their propensity to practice sustainable consumption represents an interesting research challenge in which a crucial role is played by the questionnaire in terms of its structure and classification criteria. Various classification rules have been proposed in the literature, which can be used to identify consumer types and signify their propensity to practice the principles of sustainable development in daily life. In this paper, we based our approach in designing a classification tool on a combination of two elements: the concept of voluntary simplicity as a pillar for consumer characteristics and the idea of assessing consumers by using filters, in a modified form introducing many new aspects of life-cycle thinking. The tool proposed provides insight into the relationship between the consumer’s typology and behavior during purchasing decisions in daily life. The main function of the proposed tool is to assign respondents to one of the proposed consumer types distinguished and characterized in terms of many aspects of life cycle thinking. A pilot survey has been performed in order to verify the proposed tool, and the survey results have been presented in the paper, as well.

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Anna Lewandowska; Joanna Witczak; Pasquale Giungato; Christian Dierks; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Katarzyna Pawlak-Lemanska. Inclusion of Life Cycle Thinking in a Sustainability-Oriented Consumer’s Typology: A Proposed Methodology and an Assessment Tool. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1826 .

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Anna Lewandowska, Joanna Witczak, Pasquale Giungato, Christian Dierks, Przemyslaw Kurczewski, Katarzyna Pawlak-Lemanska. Inclusion of Life Cycle Thinking in a Sustainability-Oriented Consumer’s Typology: A Proposed Methodology and an Assessment Tool. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):1826.

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Anna Lewandowska; Joanna Witczak; Pasquale Giungato; Christian Dierks; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Katarzyna Pawlak-Lemanska. 2018. "Inclusion of Life Cycle Thinking in a Sustainability-Oriented Consumer’s Typology: A Proposed Methodology and an Assessment Tool." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 1826.

Article
Published: 01 December 2017 in Management
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Summary A transition for a green, circular economy has encouraged companies to use new tools which boost sustainability. The purpose of this article is to discuss the consideration of life cycle thinking in green marketing as realized by companies. This theoretical-conceptual study aims to analyze life cycle assessment (LCA) as a useful tool for assessing green marketing goals. We also intend to highlight the importance of creating consumer trust for green business by displaying the green credentials of the products and activities. The article presents t he virtues and shortcomings of the LCA results relative to marketing management. As a result, the literature presents some gaps in terms of addressing life cycle thinking in marketing management and linking with consumer participation and trust.

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Anna Lewandowska; Joanna Witczak; Przemysław Kurczewski. Green marketing today – a mix of trust, consumer participation and life cycle thinking. Management 2017, 21, 28 -48.

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Anna Lewandowska, Joanna Witczak, Przemysław Kurczewski. Green marketing today – a mix of trust, consumer participation and life cycle thinking. Management. 2017; 21 (2):28-48.

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Anna Lewandowska; Joanna Witczak; Przemysław Kurczewski. 2017. "Green marketing today – a mix of trust, consumer participation and life cycle thinking." Management 21, no. 2: 28-48.

Journal article
Published: 29 July 2017 in Sustainability
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Sustainable production and consumption patterns require a change in approach at the early conceptual stages, i.e., when planning and designing products and services. This article presents an example of sustainable kitchen design aimed at the needs of seniors and people with physical disabilities, which takes into account social, economic, and environmental aspects. The interdisciplinary project team used a variety of traditional design methods such as the identification of requirements using QFD (Quality Function Deployment) and FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis), the development and verification of the technical concepts of the designed objects and their use, the development of construction and technological documentation, assembly drawings of the product architecture and its parts, function cost analysis, virtual and real prototyping, and tools based on the concept of a life cycle such as environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC). The analysis of the design solutions from the point of view of several criteria and several life cycle stages shows the complexity of the decision-making process and the difficulties in selecting a clearly favourable solution. Environmentally preferred materials may be difficult for users to accept due to their costs. On the other hand, materials that have a high environmental impact at the production stage may show great potential for final disposal.

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Anna Lewandowska; Bogdan Branowski; Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Jaroslaw Selech; Marek Zablocki. Sustainable Design: A Case of Environmental and Cost Life Cycle Assessment of a Kitchen Designed for Seniors and Disabled People. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1329 .

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Anna Lewandowska, Bogdan Branowski, Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman, Przemyslaw Kurczewski, Jaroslaw Selech, Marek Zablocki. Sustainable Design: A Case of Environmental and Cost Life Cycle Assessment of a Kitchen Designed for Seniors and Disabled People. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (8):1329.

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Anna Lewandowska; Bogdan Branowski; Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Jaroslaw Selech; Marek Zablocki. 2017. "Sustainable Design: A Case of Environmental and Cost Life Cycle Assessment of a Kitchen Designed for Seniors and Disabled People." Sustainability 9, no. 8: 1329.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2017 in Inżynieria Ekologiczna
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One of the aims of the European Commission (EC) activities is to introduce uniform rules for the environmental performance assessment based on the life cycle assessment method (LCA), which can be widely used e.g. in eco-labeling, assessment of goods, services, technology, etc. Therefore, from...

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Joanna Kulczycka; Anna Lewandowska; Zygmunt Kowalski; Łukasz Lelek. PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN THE LIFECYCLE OF PRODUCTS. Inżynieria Ekologiczna 2017, 18, 189 -195.

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Joanna Kulczycka, Anna Lewandowska, Zygmunt Kowalski, Łukasz Lelek. PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN THE LIFECYCLE OF PRODUCTS. Inżynieria Ekologiczna. 2017; 18 (1):189-195.

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Joanna Kulczycka; Anna Lewandowska; Zygmunt Kowalski; Łukasz Lelek. 2017. "PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN THE LIFECYCLE OF PRODUCTS." Inżynieria Ekologiczna 18, no. 1: 189-195.

Journal article
Published: 11 April 2016 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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Among the many publications on the environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) of transport, there are only a few examples of works dedicated to means of internal transport. For this reason, it was decided to gather energy-oriented inventory data and to assess the environmental impact related to the operation of selected forklift trucks, as the most commonly used means of internal transport. This paper presents the main assumptions and the results in relation to the four phases of LCA: the goal and scope definition, the life cycle inventory, the life cycle impact assessment results, and the interpretation. Ten forklifts with different engines were selected in order to carry out the life cycle assessment study. The research was based on the results of measuring the operating fuel consumption and exhaust gas emissions, conducted using the SEMTECH-DS mobile device from the PEMS group of devices. In order to make the measurements under a circumstance close to the real conditions of forklift exploitation, it was decided to slightly modify the operating cycle proposed in VDI 2198. The environmental impact of the fuel/electricity usage and exhaust gas emissions was assessed using the ISO 14040x guidelines and the IMPACT 2002+ method. The study showed that using an electric forklift to transport 1 t of payload over a distance of 1 km has a significantly smaller environmental impact than using one of the selected forklifts powered by an internal combustion engine. Using forklifts powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) engines leads to a significantly higher environmental impact whilst the use of vehicles with diesel engines has an impact at a level several times lower. In a case of drives without load, where functional unit was defined as covering 1-km distance with no vehicle load, a lower impact for the electric vehicles was also obtained. The analysis includes the influences of the upstream processes of fuel and electrical energy production. Even when Poland’s production scenario (based almost entirely on fossil fuels) is taken into consideration, the electric forklifts still show a clear advantage. It should be expected that, if the technological mix of electrical energy production for countries with a higher share of renewable or nuclear energy were to be taken into account, the environmental indicators for electric vehicles would be even lower. It is worth noting that only the energy aspects of forklift operation were analysed. Further studies aiming to collect inventory data relating to other exploitation aspects, as well as the production and utilization of the same vehicles, are planned as a continuation of this research.

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Pawel Fuc; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Anna Lewandowska; Ewa Nowak; Jaroslaw Selech; Andrzej Ziółkowski. An environmental life cycle assessment of forklift operation: a well-to-wheel analysis. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2016, 21, 1438 -1451.

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Pawel Fuc, Przemyslaw Kurczewski, Anna Lewandowska, Ewa Nowak, Jaroslaw Selech, Andrzej Ziółkowski. An environmental life cycle assessment of forklift operation: a well-to-wheel analysis. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2016; 21 (10):1438-1451.

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Pawel Fuc; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Anna Lewandowska; Ewa Nowak; Jaroslaw Selech; Andrzej Ziółkowski. 2016. "An environmental life cycle assessment of forklift operation: a well-to-wheel analysis." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 21, no. 10: 1438-1451.

Journal article
Published: 23 November 2015 in Journal of Industrial Ecology
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The article analyzes and discusses the environmental and natural resource impacts, benefits, and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential associated with a long-term transition to more energy-efficient pyrometallurgical smelting technologies for the production of refined copper. Using generic data from the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A, Glogow I and II smelting facilities in Poland, this study employs life cycle assessment (LCA) to compare the environmental impacts of shaft and flash furnace-based smelting technologies. Additionally, this analysis accounts for likely technological changes in the more energy-efficient flash furnace smelting technologies and electricity generation from 2030 to 2050 to forecast the long-term impacts of copper production. Life cycle impact assessment results for copper production are characterized using the ReCiPe 2008 midpoint method. LCA results show that, for most impact categories, the flash-based technology can achieve significantly lower environmental impacts than a shaft furnace (i.e., to produce 1 ton of copper in 2010 generates, on average, a 24% lower overall impact). For climate change, transitioning from shaft furnace-based copper production to more efficient flash furnace technology leads to decreasing GHG emissions of 29% in 2010, 50% in 2030, and 56% in 2050.

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Joanna Kulczycka; Łukasz Lelek; Anna Lewandowska; Herbert Wirth; Joseph D. Bergesen. Environmental Impacts of Energy-Efficient Pyrometallurgical Copper Smelting Technologies: The Consequences of Technological Changes from 2010 to 2050. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2015, 20, 304 -316.

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Joanna Kulczycka, Łukasz Lelek, Anna Lewandowska, Herbert Wirth, Joseph D. Bergesen. Environmental Impacts of Energy-Efficient Pyrometallurgical Copper Smelting Technologies: The Consequences of Technological Changes from 2010 to 2050. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2015; 20 (2):304-316.

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Joanna Kulczycka; Łukasz Lelek; Anna Lewandowska; Herbert Wirth; Joseph D. Bergesen. 2015. "Environmental Impacts of Energy-Efficient Pyrometallurgical Copper Smelting Technologies: The Consequences of Technological Changes from 2010 to 2050." Journal of Industrial Ecology 20, no. 2: 304-316.

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Published: 01 January 2015 in Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
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The Polish Journal of Environmental Studies publishes original papers and critical reviews

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Joanna Kulczycka; Lukasz Lelek; Anna Lewandowska; Joanna Zarębska. Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management – Comparison of Results Using Different LCA Models. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 2015, 24, 125 -140.

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Joanna Kulczycka, Lukasz Lelek, Anna Lewandowska, Joanna Zarębska. Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management – Comparison of Results Using Different LCA Models. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 2015; 24 ():125-140.

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Joanna Kulczycka; Lukasz Lelek; Anna Lewandowska; Joanna Zarębska. 2015. "Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management – Comparison of Results Using Different LCA Models." Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 24, no. : 125-140.

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Published: 04 November 2014 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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Construction, as a sector of the economy, is a significant source of negative environmental impacts. The development of sustainable construction and associated initiatives are meant to reduce that impact. Buildings, for many reasons, are the complex objects of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies, which in this case can be particularly time-, data- and cost-consuming. Therefore, an attempt was made to explore the possibility of finding a methodological compromise between a full LCA and the compulsory energy certification. Six methodological variants, so called compromise solutions (CS) were identified and assessed. This article presents the results of the research project financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (N N309 078138) and coordinated by the Wood Technology Institute in Poznan.

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Anna Lewandowska; Andrzej Noskowiak; Grzegorz Pajchrowski; Joanna Zarębska. Between full LCA and energy certification methodology—a comparison of six methodological variants of buildings environmental assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2014, 20, 9 -22.

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Anna Lewandowska, Andrzej Noskowiak, Grzegorz Pajchrowski, Joanna Zarębska. Between full LCA and energy certification methodology—a comparison of six methodological variants of buildings environmental assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2014; 20 (1):9-22.

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Anna Lewandowska; Andrzej Noskowiak; Grzegorz Pajchrowski; Joanna Zarębska. 2014. "Between full LCA and energy certification methodology—a comparison of six methodological variants of buildings environmental assessment." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 20, no. 1: 9-22.

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Published: 30 July 2014 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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The aim of this article is to signal the changes envisaged by ISO TC/207 SC1 for introduction in the new version of ISO 14001:2015 as well as to discuss the role of eco-design and life cycle thinking (LCT) in the context of Environmental Management Systems (EMS). A review of the proposed changes to be introduced in the new version of ISO 14000:2015 with particular emphasis on those related to LCT and eco-design has been carried out. Additionally, for the purpose of this article, the guidelines with regard to ISO 14006:2011 have been analysed in the context of the role that eco-design plays in an EMS. The new version of ISO 14001:2015 includes many direct and indirect references to LCT. One of the key changes is organisations adapting a wider perspective to see how their environmental impact stretch across the whole supply chain. Another key recommendation is to use eco-design for identifying and assessing the environmental aspects in relation to products. The whole life cycle of the products should be analysed, which will result in the inclusion of indirect environmental aspects that are beyond the direct control of the organisation. The planned changes to ISO 14001:2015 with regard to the use of LCT and eco-design should be seen as a significant piece of information by eco-designers and life cycle assessment (LCA) practitioners since they provide a real opportunity to increase interest in eco-design tools amongst the environmental managers responsible for the environmental management systems within their organisations. It seems that now is the right time to initiate information campaigns and training on eco-design and LCA tailored specifically for organisations, which have implemented environmental management systems.

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Anna Lewandowska; Alina Matuszak-Flejszman. Eco-design as a normative element of Environmental Management Systems—the context of the revised ISO 14001:2015. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2014, 19, 1794 -1798.

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Anna Lewandowska, Alina Matuszak-Flejszman. Eco-design as a normative element of Environmental Management Systems—the context of the revised ISO 14001:2015. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2014; 19 (11):1794-1798.

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Anna Lewandowska; Alina Matuszak-Flejszman. 2014. "Eco-design as a normative element of Environmental Management Systems—the context of the revised ISO 14001:2015." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 19, no. 11: 1794-1798.

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Published: 01 February 2014 in Building and Environment
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Grzegorz Pajchrowski; Andrzej Noskowiak; Anna Lewandowska; Wladyslaw Strykowski. Materials composition or energy characteristic – What is more important in environmental life cycle of buildings? Building and Environment 2014, 72, 15 -27.

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Grzegorz Pajchrowski, Andrzej Noskowiak, Anna Lewandowska, Wladyslaw Strykowski. Materials composition or energy characteristic – What is more important in environmental life cycle of buildings? Building and Environment. 2014; 72 ():15-27.

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Grzegorz Pajchrowski; Andrzej Noskowiak; Anna Lewandowska; Wladyslaw Strykowski. 2014. "Materials composition or energy characteristic – What is more important in environmental life cycle of buildings?" Building and Environment 72, no. : 15-27.

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Published: 01 December 2013 in Energy and Buildings
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Anna Lewandowska; Andrzej Noskowiak; Grzegorz Pajchrowski. Comparative life cycle assessment of passive and traditional residential buildings’ use with a special focus on energy-related aspects. Energy and Buildings 2013, 67, 635 -646.

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Anna Lewandowska, Andrzej Noskowiak, Grzegorz Pajchrowski. Comparative life cycle assessment of passive and traditional residential buildings’ use with a special focus on energy-related aspects. Energy and Buildings. 2013; 67 ():635-646.

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Anna Lewandowska; Andrzej Noskowiak; Grzegorz Pajchrowski. 2013. "Comparative life cycle assessment of passive and traditional residential buildings’ use with a special focus on energy-related aspects." Energy and Buildings 67, no. : 635-646.

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Published: 10 August 2012 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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In this two-part paper (Background and Initial Assumptions (Part 1) and Results of Survey Research (Part 2)), we present surveys whose main objective is to determine, whether and to what extent the life cycle assessment (LCA) technique is used for the identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS) and whether there are any differences in this respect between the companies and countries analysed.

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Anna Lewandowska; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Joanna Kulczycka; Katarzyna Joachimiak; Alina Matuszak-Flejszman; Henrikke Baumann; Andreas Ciroth. LCA as an element in environmental management systems—comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2012, 18, 481 -489.

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Anna Lewandowska, Przemyslaw Kurczewski, Joanna Kulczycka, Katarzyna Joachimiak, Alina Matuszak-Flejszman, Henrikke Baumann, Andreas Ciroth. LCA as an element in environmental management systems—comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2012; 18 (2):481-489.

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Anna Lewandowska; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Joanna Kulczycka; Katarzyna Joachimiak; Alina Matuszak-Flejszman; Henrikke Baumann; Andreas Ciroth. 2012. "LCA as an element in environmental management systems—comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 18, no. 2: 481-489.

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Published: 10 August 2012 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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In this two-part paper (Background and Initial Assumptions (part 1) and Results of Survey Research (part 2)), we present surveys whose main objective is to determine whether, and to what extent, the life cycle assessment (LCA) technique is used for the identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS) and whether there are any differences in this respect between the companies and countries analysed. The survey research was carried out using the computer assisted self-administered interviewing method among selected Polish, German and Swedish organisations which implement EMS in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14001 and/or the EMAS regulation. The organisations investigated, regardless of their country, are dominated by qualitative and semi-quantitative techniques of assessment and identification of environmental aspects. LCA was used sporadically, although some differences can be observed between the countries analysed. The environmental managers accustomed to traditional qualitative and semi-quantitative solutions have not been given preparation to enable them to understand and adopt different approaches such as LCA. On the other hand, representatives of the organisations investigated declared that they were ready to accept an even longer timescale for the identification and assessment processes relating to environmental aspects, which represents a potential opportunity for LCA. The more precise understanding and definition of environmental problems that are precisely defined in LCA would represent a novelty for environmental managers. In practice, environmental problems are defined in a general sense and rather ambiguously, as this level of detail is sufficient in the context of qualitative and semi-quantitative techniques commonly used for the identification and assessment of environmental aspects.

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Anna Lewandowska; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Joanna Kulczycka; Katarzyna Joachimiak; Alina Matuszak-Flejszman; Henrikke Baumann; Andreas Ciroth. LCA as an element in environmental management systems—comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2012, 18, 472 -480.

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Anna Lewandowska, Przemyslaw Kurczewski, Joanna Kulczycka, Katarzyna Joachimiak, Alina Matuszak-Flejszman, Henrikke Baumann, Andreas Ciroth. LCA as an element in environmental management systems—comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2012; 18 (2):472-480.

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Anna Lewandowska; Przemyslaw Kurczewski; Joanna Kulczycka; Katarzyna Joachimiak; Alina Matuszak-Flejszman; Henrikke Baumann; Andreas Ciroth. 2012. "LCA as an element in environmental management systems—comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 18, no. 2: 472-480.

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Published: 08 February 2011 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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The paper presents a discussion on the possibilities of using life cycle assessment (LCA) in identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems based on the requirements of the international ISO14001 standard and the European Union EMAS regulation. Some modifications of LCA methodology are proposed in part 1, while the results of a review of environmental aspects for 36 organisations with implemented environmental management systems (EMS) are presented in part 2 of the article. The scope of the systems analysed in EMS and in LCA is different. This comes as the result of the fact that both ISO 14001 and EMAS are focused on an organisation contrary to ISO14040x, which are focused on a product life cycle. For the present work, this resulted in a need of adjusting the LCA methodology to EMS specificity, and vice versa. Some suggestions of such modifications are presented and discussed in the paper. A preliminary analysis was carried out on 36 organisations, which have EMS compliant with the ISO14001 or EMAS regulations. It has found a certain disproportion between input and output-related environmental aspects included in most of the analysed registers. The probable reasons for such disproportion could be the fact that the output-related environmental aspects are easier to manage by organisation and are often regulated by laws. Legal requirements are a significant criterion in the environmental aspects assessment. Based on the assessments carried out and the observations made, some conclusions have been drawn with regard to weaknesses and strengths and usefulness of LCA, as a result of a comparison to the traditional approaches used in EMS in the discussed area. LCA has evident advantages like: standardised methodology; possibility of inclusion of the quantitative information; presence of some methodological steps enabling the verification of the collected data; ability to generate of reproducible results. At the same time, the following potential weak points can be observed: a complexity of the procedure; higher time and cost requirements (especially related to an inventory phase); difficulties with assessing of environmental aspects with the qualitative character and these related to emergency situations; limitation related to the lack of relevant characterisation factors in the currently used LCIA methods. LCA ought to be considered as a tool used for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in EMS. The listed limitations do not disqualify its suitability to be used. After certain simplifications, LCA seems to be a valuable alternative to the methodologies currently in use.

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Anna Lewandowska. Environmental life cycle assessment as a tool for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS) part 1: methodology. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2011, 16, 178 -186.

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Anna Lewandowska. Environmental life cycle assessment as a tool for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS) part 1: methodology. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2011; 16 (2):178-186.

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Anna Lewandowska. 2011. "Environmental life cycle assessment as a tool for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS) part 1: methodology." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 16, no. 2: 178-186.

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Published: 01 February 2011 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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The paper presents a discussion on the possibilities of using LCA in identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems based on the requirements of the international ISO14001 standard and the European Union EMAS regulation. Some modifications of LCA methodology are proposed in Part 1 while the results of a review of environmental aspects for 36 organisations with implemented EMS are presented in Part 2 of the article. The scope of the systems analysed in EMS and in LCA is different. This comes as the result of the fact that both ISO 14001 and EMAS are focused on an organisation on contrary to ISO14040x which are focused on a product life cycle. For the present work, this resulted in a need of adjusting the LCA methodology to EMS specificity and vice versa. Some suggestions of such modifications are presented and discussed in the paper. A preliminary analysis was carried out on 36 organisations which have environmental management systems compliant with the ISO14001 or EMAS regulations. A certain disproportion between input and output related environmental aspects included in most of the analysed registers was found. The probable reasons for such disproportion could be the fact that the output related environmental aspects are easier to manage by organisation and are often regulated by laws. Legal requirements are a significant criterion in the environmental aspects assessment. Based on the assessments carried out and the observations made, some conclusions have been drawn with regard to weaknesses and strengths and usefulness of LCA, as a result of a comparison to the traditional approaches used in EMS in the discussed area. LCA has evident advantages like: standardised methodology, possibility of inclusion of the quantitative information, presence of some methodological steps enabling the verification of the collected data, and ability to generate of reproducible results. At the same time, the following potential weak points can be observed: a complexity of the procedure, higher time, and cost requirements (especially related to an inventory phase); difficulties with assessing of environmental aspects with the qualitative character and these related to emergency situations; and limitation related to the lack of relevant characterisation factors in the currently used life cycle impact assessment methods. LCA ought to be considered as a tool used for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems. The listed limitations do not disqualify its suitability to be used. After certain simplifications, LCA seems to be a valuable alternative to the methodologies currently in use.

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Anna Lewandowska; Alina Matuszak-Flejszman; Katarzyna Joachimiak; Andreas Ciroth. Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS). The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2011, 16, 247 -257.

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Anna Lewandowska, Alina Matuszak-Flejszman, Katarzyna Joachimiak, Andreas Ciroth. Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS). The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2011; 16 (3):247-257.

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Anna Lewandowska; Alina Matuszak-Flejszman; Katarzyna Joachimiak; Andreas Ciroth. 2011. "Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS)." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 16, no. 3: 247-257.