@phdthesis{Gawor2009, author = {Gawor, Marek}, title = {Application of Life Cycle Assessment in the context of classical Environmental Management System and with respect to the implementation of the EuP Directive}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus-14350}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2009}, abstract = {This thesis presents the results of the research based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), with respect to the application of the Energy-using Products (EuP) Directive and the Environmental Management System (EMS). In part A, an introduction and hypotheses of the research are given. In general it will be investigated, whether the environmental techniques such as Environmental Management System and Life Cycle Assessment may be used by the company in Poland as a tool for increasing the competitiveness and creation of the green company's image. Furthermore, the applicability of these techniques and tools in the framework of the European directive on the Energy-using Products will be shown. In order to understand the requirements of the voluntary environmental tools and binding legal framework, a general description of the Environmental Management Systems (based on the ISO 14001 standards), Life Cycle Assessment (described by the ISO standards of 14040 family) as well as the Energy-using Products directive will be given in Part A. Part B will deal with the results of the LCA based on a case study of a gas-electro cooker produced by FagorMastercook S.A. The LCA evaluation was performed with the help of the SimaPro modelling program. The modelling was divided into two steps. In the first step, only the cooker's influence on the environment was considered, including the production processes. In the second stage, the use phase processes were added, as well as End-of-Life scenarios specific for the Polish market and situation were applied. The evaluation was based on different Life Cycle Impact Assessment methods. As the result, one could observe, that main impact on the environment was caused by the subassemblies and materials with the highest weight. Furthermore, the use of the metals (ferro and non-ferro) was responsible for the majority of the environmental damage. This damage occurred mainly in the categories relating to the natural resource consumption. As for the second modelling stage, cooking and baking processes were pointed out as the main cause of the environmental damage from the life cycle perspective. The cooker itself had a relatively small importance and contribution to the overall impact. These LCA results were be used as a part of the comprehensive assessment of the environmental performance of the entire company system with the help of Sensitivity Model Prof. Vester (SMPV) software in Part C. The sensitivity analysis was performed in two steps. In the first step, all variables that could influence the functioning of the company (such as financial results, authorities, customers, environment, inhabitants of the city) were taken into consideration. In the second modelling step, only the variables with the most visible influence on the system were taken into consideration (i.e. price, owner, quality, etc.). For both modelling steps, several policy scenarios were developed, taking into consideration various types of interactions between variables and time spans of 15 and 30 years. As the result one could see, that the implementation of the LCA and EMS in the company may help to achieve the strategic goals, such as improvement of the products' quality, creating the green image of the company, minimising costs and negative influence of the company on the environment. On the other hand, decision makers in the company should be aware of the implementation costs, which may cause the increase of the products' price and the decrease of the competitiveness on the internal (Polish) and external (European) market. Subsequently, summary and conclusions of the results are presented in Part D. Parts A to D are described in the Volume 1 of the thesis. Appendices are presented in the Volume 2.}, subject = {Elektroger{\"a}t; Gasger{\"a}t; Umweltaudit; Umweltbilanz; {\"O}kobilanzierung; Energiebetriebene Produkte; Sensitivit{\"a}tsmodellierung; Gas-Elektroherd; Umweltmanagementsystem; Life Cycle Assessment; Energy-using products; Sensitivity modelling; Gas-Electro cooker; Environmental Management System}, language = {en} }