Environmental Classification of Products in a Context of Ecodesign in Small and Medium Enterprises
Katarzyna JOACHIMIAK-LECHMAN
Anna LEWANDOWSKA
Tomasz STRÓZIK
Dorota STRÓZIK
Abstrakt
More and more often a life cycle thinking is considered as a valuable element of environmental management. Product-based environmental management systems often refer to ecodesign, which can be used in various aspects of product management. Due to their own specificity, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often encounter difficulties when conducting ecodesign activities. The paper presents a simplified approach based on the life cycle-based environmental classification of products intended for using in SMEs as a starting point for ecodesign. A main goal of the paper is to propose such classification and discuss its role in improving the environmental performance of products. The presented analysis included 50 products classified according to the chosen criteria. As the first step, a cluster analysis has been performed and a distinction between passive and active products has been made. A main conclusion was that the information received from the cluster analysis may be insufficient to be a sole basis for ecodesign. A second classification has been performed basing on the selected environmental impact indicators (GWP100a and CED) calculated for three life cycle stages: a production, an use and a final disposal. The final products’ classification reflects the differences in environmental hotspots between products and can be used for supporting the SMEs in implementation of life cycle-based eco-design processes.
Klíčová slova:
ecodesign, cluster analysis, products classification, small and medium enterprisesReference
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Birch, A.; Hon, K.K.B.; Short, T. (2012). Structure and output mechanisms in Design for Environment (DfE) tools. Journal of Cleaner Production 35: 50–58.
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Chevalier , J.P. (2009). Product Life Cycle Design: Integrating environmental aspects into SMEs product design and development process. EVRE Conference, 26th-29th March, Monaco.
Donnelly, K.; Beckett-Furnell, Z.; Traeger, S.; Okrasinski, T.; Holman, S. (2006). Eco-design implemented through a product-based environmental management system. Journal of Cleaner Production 14: 1357– 1367.
Dostatni, E.; Karwasz, A. (2009). Computer aided eco-design systems. Business Management / Polish Society for Production Management 2: 13– 22.
EN ISO 14006: 2011 Environmental management systems – Guidelines for incorporating ecodesign. International Organization for Standardization.
Hair, J.F.; Black, W.C.; Babin, B.J.; Anderson, R.E. (2009). Multivariate data analysis (7th edition). Prentice Hall: New Jersey.
Hochschorner , E.; Finnveden, G. (2003).Evaluation of two simplified life cycle assessment methods. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 8:119–128.
Hur, T.; Lee, J.; Ryu, J.; Kwon, E. (2005). Simplified LCA and matrix methods in identifying the environmental aspects of a product system. Journal of Environmental Management 75: 229– 37.
Jincheng, X. (2003). Ecodesign for wear resistant ductile cast iron with medium manganese content. Materials & Design 24: 63– 68.
Jolliet, O.; Margni, M.; Charles R.; Humbert S.; Payet, J.; Rebitzer G.; Rosenbaum R. (2003). IMPACT 2002+: A new life cycle impact assessment methodology. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 8: 324-330.
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Le Pochat, S.; Bertoluci, G.; Froelich, D. (2007). Integrating ecodesign by conducting changes in SMEs. Journal of Cleaner Production 15: 671– 680.
Lewandowska, A.; Matuszak-Flejszman, A. (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: 1794 – 1798.
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Lofthouse, V. (2005). Investigation into the role of core industrial designers in ecodesign projects. Design Studies 25: 215– 227.
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Mahmud, J.O.; Mohd Ismail, M.S.; Mohd Taib, J. (2014). Improving product classification through product family segregation. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 9: 775– 781.
Masoni, P.; Sara,B.; Scimia, E.; Raggi, A. (2004). VerdEE: a tool for adoption of life cycle assessment in small and medium sized enterprises in Italy. Progress in Industrial Ecology 1: 203– 228.
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Pigosso, D.;Rozenfeld, H. (2011). Proposal of an Ecodesign Maturity Model: supporting Companies to improve Environmental Sustainability. In: Hesselbach, J.; Herrmann, C. (eds.) Glocalized Solutions for Sustainability in Manufacturing. Proceedings of the 18th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering:136-141, 2nd-4th May, Braunschweig.
Poudelet, V.; Chayer, J.A.; Margni, M.; Pellerin, R.; Samson, R. (2012). A process-based approach to operationalize life cycle assessment through the development of an ecodesign decision-support system. Journal of Cleaner Production 33:192– 201.
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Ribeiro, I.; Peças, R.; Henriques, E. (2013). A life cycle framework to support materials selection for Ecodesign: A case study on biodegradable polymers. Materials & Design 51: 300– 308.
Rocha, C.; Silvester, S. (2014). Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) From theory to practice – experiences in Europe.
Sarstedt, M.; Mooi, E.A. (2014). Concise Guide to Market Research: The Process, Data, and Methods Using IBM SPSS Statistics. Texts in Business and Economics (2nd edition). Springer, Berlin Heidelberg.
Selech, J.; Joachimiak-Lechman, K.; Kłos, Z.; Kulczycka, J.; Kurczewski, P. (2014). Life Cycle Thinking in small and medium enterprises - the results of research on the implementation of life cycle tools in Polish SMEs Part 3: LCC related aspects. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 5:1119–1128.
Soriano, V.J.A. (2004). Simplified assessment methodology to environmentally sound product design. Proceedings of the Fifth Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, 2–15 December, Gold Coast, Australia.
Sousa, I.; Wallace, D. (2006). Product classification to support approximate life-cycle assessment of design concepts. Technological Forecasting & Social Change73: 228–249.
Stanisz, A. (2007). Approachable Statistics Course Using STATISTICA PL examples from medicine (vol.3). Multivariate Analysis. StatSoft, Cracow, Poland.
Sun, M. (2004). Integrated environmental assessment of industrial products. Doctor Thesis, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales. Available at: http://documents.mx/ documents/sun-2005-integrated-environmental-assessment-ofindustrial.html. Accessed 3 July 2016.
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Van Hemel, C.; Cramer, J. (2002). Barriers and stimuli for ecodesign in SMEs. Journal of Cleaner Production 10: 439– 453
Witczak, J.; Kasprzak, J.; Kłos, Z.; Kurczewski, P.; Lewandowska, A.; Lewicki, R. (2014). Life Cycle Thinking in small and medium enterprises - the results of research on the implementation of life cycle tools in Polish SMEs Part 2: LCA related aspects. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 4:891– 900.
Wimmer, W.; Zust, R.; Lee, K.M. (2004). Ecodesign implementation: a systematic guidance on integrating environmental considerations into product development. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg.
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Xu, Q.; Jiao, R.J.; Jang, X.; Helander, M. (2009). An analytical Kano model for customer need analysis. Design Studies 30: 87– 110.
Publikováno
2020-11-24
JOACHIMIAK-LECHMAN, K., LEWANDOWSKA, A., STRÓZIK, T., & STRÓZIK, D. (2020). Environmental Classification of Products in a Context of Ecodesign in Small and Medium Enterprises. Economic and Environmental Studies, 17(3 (43), 491–513. https://doi.org/10.25167/ees.2017.43.3
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