prof. Ing. Vladimír Kočí, Ph.D. MBA.

In his professional work, Vladimír Kočí focuses primarily on reducing the environmental impact of products, technologies and organizations. His general research topic is product ecology and sustainability. The basic tool of his work is the LCA life cycle assessment method.

In addition to the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Vladimír Kočí lectures on Product Ecology at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague, at the Faculty of Science, Charles University and at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design. He has developed dozens of LCA studies for both commercial and non-commercial entities. He has participated in several scientific projects focused on LCA. He acts as an independent reviewer of LCA and EPD studies for The International EPD System®.

Vladimír Kočí is a graduate of the Department of Water Technology and the Environment of the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. From 1999 to 2021 he worked at the Institute of Environmental Chemistry of the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, in 2014-2022 he held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Technology of the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. Since 2022 he has been the head of the Institute of Sustainability and Product Ecology.

Most important publications in the last 5 years:

1. Jan Matuštík, Vladimír Kočí: Environmental impact of personal consumption from life cycle perspective – A Czech Republic case study. Science of The Total Environment, 646 (2019) 177-186. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.233 IF 6,551
2. Michal Šereš, Klára Anna Mocová, Jabbar Moradi, Michal Kriška, Vladimír Kočí, Tereza Hnátková: The impact of woodchip-gravel mixture on the efficiency and toxicity of denitrification bioreactors. Science of The Total Environment, 647 (2019) 888-894. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.042 IF 6,551
3. Šerešová, M., Polák, M., Kočí, V.: Environmental performance of collection boxes for end of life mobile phones, Waste Management & Research vol.37, Issue 8, str. 1-9, DOI.org/10.1177/0734242X19857468 IF 2,771
4. Kočí, V.: Comparisons of environmental impacts between wood and plastic transport pallets, Science of the Total Environment, 686 (2019) 514–528 doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.472 IF 6,551
5. Tourinho, P., Kočí, V., Loureiro, S., van Gestel, C.A.M.: Partitioning of chemical contaminants to microplastics: Sorption mechanisms, environmental distribution and effects on toxicity andbioaccumulation. Environmental Pollution, Volume 252, Part B, September 2019, Pages 1246-1256, doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.030 IF 6,792
6. Lenka Laiblová, Jan Pešta, Anuj Kumar, Petr Hájek, Ctislav Fiala, Tomáš Vlach, Vladimír Kočí: Environmental impact of textile reinforced concrete facades compare to conventional solution – LCA case study, Materials 2019, 12(19), 3194; doi.org/10.3390/ma12193194, pp 1-13. IF 3,057
7. Pavlů, T., Kočí, V., Hájek, P.: Environmental Assessment of Two Use Cycles of Recycled Aggregate Concrete. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6185, pp. 22. doi:10.3390/su11216185 IF 2,576
8. Lyndon N.A. Sackey, Vladimír Kočí*, Cornelis A.M.van Gestel: Ecotoxicological effects on Lemna minor and Daphnia magna of leachates from differently aged landfills of Ghana. Science of the Total Environment, 698 (2020) 1–7 doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134295 IF 6,551
9. Kočí, V., Picková, E.: Life Cycle Perspective of Liquid Epoxy Resin Use in the Automotive Industry. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-15, Published: 2020, DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/100495 IF 1,383
10. Pešta, J., Pavlů, T., Fořtová, K., Kočí, V.: Sustainable Masonry Made from Recycled Aggregates: LCA Case Study. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1581, 1-21. DOI: 10.3390/su12041581 IF 2,576
11. Šerešová, M., Kočí, V.*: Proposal of Package-to-Product Indicator for Carbon Footprint Assessment with Focus on the Czech Republic. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3034; pp. 1-17, doi:10.3390/su12073034 IF 2,576
12. Zakuciová, K., Štefanica, J., Carvalho, A., Kočí, V.*: Environmental assessment of coal power plant with carbon dioxide capture system based on activated carbon adsorption process: A case study of the Czech Republic. Energies 2020, 13, 2251; doi:10.3390/en13092251 IF 2,702
13. Matuštík, J., Kočí, V.: A comparative Life Cycle Assessment of electronic retail of household products. Sustainability 2020, 12(11), 4604; doi:10.3390/su12114604 IF 2,576
14. Marina Kholomyeva, Radek Vurm, Lucia Tajnaiová, Marek Šír, Mariya Maslova, Vladimír Kočí: Phycoremediation of Landfill Leachate with Desmodesmus subspicatus: a Pre-treatment Step for Reverse Osmosis. Water 12 (11), 2020, 1755 IF 2,544
15. Matuštík, L., Hnátková, T., Kočí, V.*: Life Cycle Assessment of biochar-to-soil systems: A Review. Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 259, 20 June 2020, 120998, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120998 IF 7,246
16. Zakuciová, K., Carvalho, A., Štefanica, J., Vitvarová, M., Pilař, L., Kočí, V.: Environmental and Comparative Assessment of Integrated Gasification Gas Cycle with CaO Looping and CO2 Adsorption by Activated Carbon: A Case Study of the Czech Republic. Energies 2020, 13(16), 4188; org/10.3390/en13164188. IF 2,702
17. Sackey, L.N.A.; Mocová, K.A.; Kočí, V. Ecotoxicological Effect of Aged Wood Leachates to Aquatic Organisms. Water2020, 12, 2091. doi.org/10.3390/w12082091 IF 2,544
18. Skleničková, K., Abbrent, S., Halecký, M., Kočí, V., Beneš, H.: Biodegradability and ecotoxicity of polyurethane foams - a review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, pp. 46, doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2020.1818496 IF 8,302.
19. Tajnaiová, L., Vurm, R., Kholomyeva, M., Kobera, M., Kočí, V.: Determination of the Ecotoxicity of Herbicides Roundup and Garlon in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments. Plants 2020, 9, 1203; doi:10.3390/plants9091203 IF 2,762.
20. Michal Ženíšek *, Jan Pešta, Martin Tipka, Vladimír Kočí, Petr Hájek: Optimization of the load-bearing RC structure in terms of cost and environmental impact - case study. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8532; doi:10.3390/su12208532 IF 2,576
21. Markéta Šerešová, Jiří Štefanica, Monika Vitvarová, Kristina Zakuciová, Wolf Petr, Vladimír Kočí *: Life cycle performance of various energy sources used in the Czech Republic, Energies 2020, 13, 5833; doi:10.3390/en13215833 IF 2,702
22. Jan Pešta *, Markéta Šerešová, Vladimír Kočí *: Carbon Footprint Assessment of Construction Waste Packaging using the Package-to-Product Indicator. Sustainability,12,23, 2020, IF 2,576
23. Matuštík, J., Kočí, V.*: What is a footprint? A conceptual analysis of environmental footprint indicators. Journal of Cleaner Production; Volume 285, February 2021, 124833, doi: 1016/j.jclepro.2020.124833, Volume IF 9,297
24. Paulu, A., Bartáček, J., Šerešová, M., Kočí, V.: Combining Process Modelling and LCA to Assess the Environmental Impacts of Wastewater Treatment Innovations. Water 2021, 13, 1246. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13091246 IF 3,103
25. Tourinho, P.S., Loureiro, S., Talluri, V.S.S.L.P., Dolar, A., Verweij, R., Chvojka, J., Michalcová, A., Kočí, V., van Gestel, C.A.M.: Microplastic fibers influence Ag toxicity and bioaccumulation in Eisenia andrei but not in Enchytraeus crypticus. Ecotoxicology (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-021-02424-3 IF 2,823
26. Sackey, LNA; Mocova, KA; Petrova, S; Koci, V: Toxicity of wood leachate to algae Desmodesmus subspicatus and plant Lemna minor. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH DOI10.1007/s11356-021-15319-x IF 4,223
27. Tourinho, PS; Silva, ARR; Santos, CSA; Prodana, M; Ferreira, V; Habibullah, G; Koci, V. van Gestel, CAM; Loureiro, S.: Microplastic Fibers Increase Sublethal Effects of AgNP and AgNO3 in Daphnia magna by Changing Cellular Energy Allocation. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, DOI10.1002/etc.5136 IF 3,742
28. Guillaume, A., Hubatová-Vacková, A., Kočí, V.: Environmental Impacts of Egg Production from a Life Cycle Perspective. Agriculture  Volume 12  Issue 3  10.3390/agriculture12030355. 2022. IF 3,044 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/3/355
29. Jan Matuštík,Vladimír Kočí, Does renewable mean good for climate? Biogenic carbon in climate impact assessments of biomass utilization, 21 January 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12925

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