Hendrik Lambrecht deals with the analysis and optimization of the environmental and climate impact of production and energy systems. He uses methods from energy and material flow management (industrial ecology) and life cycle assessment (LCA). Based on practical applications in operational production and urban systems, he has contributed to the further development of these methods in numerous inter- and transdisciplinary research projects in recent years. At the center are the research questions:
•   How can the multidimensional results of a life cycle assessment be simplified in an expedient way and thus be meaningfully integrated into operational and societal decision-making processes?
•   Which methods (e. g. visualizations) are suitable for the communication of complex scientific results?
•   How must strategies of the energy transition (e. g. e-mobility, hydrogen technology) be evaluated long-term against the background of the currently often disruptive technological change in this field? (Keyword:
consequential LCA)
•   How should one deal with data and model uncertainties in LCA? What are the consequences of uncertainty or variability of model parameters, as well as assumptions made during modeling, on the result of an LCA? What are the implications for the use of such data in decision-making processes?
•   How can methods from operations research be used for the model-based optimization of operational production and urban energy systems, also taking Scope 3 effects (supply chains) into account?

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Environmental Accounting ,  Industrial Ecology ,  Life Cycle Assessment ,  Material Flow Management ,  Operation Research ,  System Optimisation

Journal article

LEWERENZ, S., LAMBRECHT, H., TIETZE, I., LAZAR, L. (2024). Can an ecological scarcity method for Germany support robust decisions? – analysing the effect of uncertain target values on the impact assessment of energy generation technologies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT. doi:10.1007/s11367-023-02266-7.

LEWERENZ, S., LAMBRECHT, H., SAILER, G., PELZ, S. (2023). Life cycle assessment of biowaste treatment – Considering uncertainties in emission factors. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 15, 100651. doi:10.1016/j.clet.2023.100651.

LAMBRECHT, H., LEWERENZ, S. (2021). Nicht nur klimaneutral, sondern auch ressourceneffizient. BWK Das Energie-Fachmagazin, 73 (7-8), 6-9. doi:doi.org/10.37544/1618-193X-2021-7-8-6.

LAMBRECHT, H., TIETZE, I., LEWERENZ, S., HOTTENROTH, H., VIERE, T. (2020). Ecological Scarcity Based Impact Assessment for a Decentralised Renewable Energy System. Energies, 13 (21), 5655. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/en13215655.

LAMBRECHT, H., HOTTENROTH, H., SCHRÖER, T., SCHULENBURG, F. (2017). Optimization-aided material and energy flow analysis for a low carbon industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 167 (2017), 1148-1154. doi:doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.053.

HOTTENROTH, H., LAMBRECHT, H., RÖTZER, N., VIERE, T. (2016). Ökobilanzielle Elemente in integrierten Ressourceneffizienzanalysen der chemischen Industrie. UWF: Umwelt Wirtschafts Forum, 24 (1), 15-23. doi:doi:10.1007/s00550-016-0396-5.

ZSCHIESCHANG, E., DENZ, N., LAMBRECHT, H., VIERE, T. (2014). Resource efficiency-oriented optimization of material flow networks in chemical process engineering. Procedia CIRP, 15, 373-378.

LAMBRECHT, H., THISSEN, N. Q. Q. (2014). Enhancing sustainable production by the combined use of material flow analysis and mathematical programming. Journal of Cleaner Production, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.053.

LAMBRECHT, H. (2011). Stoffstromnetzbasierte Optimierung von Produktionssystemen. Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 83 (10), 1625-1633.

LAMBRECHT, H., VOGEL, H.-J., ROTH, K. (2003). Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Stofftransport bei transientem Wasserfluss. 1436 – 8730 (102), 101-102.

LAMBRECHT, H., FAVRE, C., BOUTOU, V., HILL, S. C. (2002). White-Light Nanosource with Directional Emission. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 89 (3).

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Dissertation

LAMBRECHT, H. (2011). Stoffstromnetzbasierte Optimalplanung des Ressourceneinsatzes industrieller Produktionssysteme. Dissertation, Fakultät Nachhaltigkeit, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. Lüneburg, Germany.

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Chapter in Book

STEINGRUBE, A., LAMBRECHT, H., LEWERENZ, S. (2021). Berücksichtigung des Ressourcenaufwands bei der Energiesystemoptimierung (1st ed.). In Volker Coors (Ed.), Urbane Energiesysteme und Ressourceneffizienz ENsource (pp. 86-102). Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag.

LEWERENZ, S., LAMBRECHT, H. (2021). Vergleichende Bewertung des Ressourcenaufwands urbaner Energiesysteme (ENsource-MöK) (1st ed.). In Volker Coors (Ed.), Urbane Energiesysteme und Ressourceneffizienz ENsource (pp. 89-95). Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag.

STEINGRUBE, A., LAMBRECHT, H., HANK, C., BESTENLEHNER, D., WEISE, F., SAILER, G., ZIRAK, M., KABIRO, P., PELZ, S., LEWERENZ, S., ... STARK, S. (2021). Fallstudie Mainau (1st ed.). In Coors, V. (Eds.), Urbane Energiesysteme und Ressourceneffizienz - ENsource (pp. 119-125). Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag.

VIERE, T., HOTTENROTH, H., LAMBRECHT, H., RÖTZER, N., PASCHETAG, A., SCHOLL, S., WESCHE, M. (2016). Operationalisierung von Nachhaltigkeit im Produktionskontext. Integrierte Ressourceneffizienzanalyse zur Senkung der Klimabelastung von Produktionsstandorten der chemischen Industrie. In Leal Filho, Walter (Eds.), Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit an deutschen Hochschulen (pp. 349-363). Springer Verlag.

LAMBRECHT, H., DENZ, N., YOSHIDA, Y. (2014). Ein prototypisches Werkzeug zur algebraischen Optimierung von Stoffstromnetzen. In V. Wohlgemuth, C.V. Lang, J. Marx Gómez (Eds.), Konzepte, Anwendungen und Entwicklungstendenzen von betrieblichen Umweltinformationssystemen. Tagungsband zu den 6. Berliner BUIS-Tagen, 24. - 25. April 2014 (pp. 155-165). Shaker Verlag.

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Article in Proceedings

LAMBRECHT, H., ZIMMERMANN, M. (2008). Combination of Optimization Methods and Material Flow Analysis for Improvement of Operational Material Use (KOMSA): Concept and its Implementation. Environmental Informatics and Industrial Ecology. Shaker Verlag.

LAMBRECHT, H., CASPER, M., GRIMM-STRELE, J., FINCK, M. (2006). EU-Project MoNit: A DSS to assess the impact of actions and changing frameworks on the nitrate load in the Upper Rhine Valley aquifer. Proceedings of the IWRM conference, October 2006. IAHS Publ.

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Expert Assessement/Evaluation

2022 - 2023

WR Wissenschaftsrat Germany

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Member of a working committee

2016 - 2019

Mitglied des Nationalen Begleitgremiums

Germany

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Honorary appointment/public service

2016 - 2019

Member of the German National Accompanying Commitee for the search for a nuclear waste disposal site

Germany

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Academic association membership

since 2015

Baden-Württemberg Center of Applied Research (BW-CAR)

Germany

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Presentation at a Conference

2015

Optimization-aded Material and Energy Flow Analysis of a Metallurgic Production Process

Global Cleaner Production and Consumption Conference 2015 Spain

2015

Optimization-aided Resource Efficiency Analyses of a Metallurgic Production Process for Refractory Metals

EURO 2015 - 27th European Conference on Operational Research United Kingdom

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Member of a public committee of research projects evaluation

2015

Gutachten über Antrag für ein Forschungsvorhaben ("Anthropogenic material flows in the Czech Republic: Analyses of structure and trends and opening a black-box of the physical economy")

Czech Science Foundation Czech Republic

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Participation in a project funded from public institutions

2015 - 2021

Leitung des Teilprojektes der Hochschule Pforzheim im ZAFH - ENSource (Zentrum für angewandte Forschung Urbane Energiesysteme und Ressourceneffizienz) - Vertretung für Mario Schmidt

Zentrum für angewandte Forschung an der Hochschule pforzheim Germany

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