🇵🇱 ZAKŁAD BADAŃ ŚRODOWISKOWYCH Andrzej Kropiwiec PL
Environment
ZAKŁAD BADAŃ ŚRODOWISKOWYCH Andrzej Kropiwiec is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 863 (Warszawa-Wesoła, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 48 test methods in the following areas: Environment. Test objects include: Workplace environment - air, Rooms in residential, collective residence and public buildings - n…, Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes, Workplace environment - emergency lighting. Most frequently used techniques: Direct measurement method, Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID), Gravimetric method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 863
- Methods in scope: 48
- Types of test objects: 21
- Techniques used: 8
- City: Warszawa-Wesoła, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 863
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- ul. Rysia 5, 05-075 Warszawa-Wesoła
- City
- Warszawa-Wesoła, Poland
What this laboratory tests (21)
- Workplace environment - air — 6 methods
- Rooms in residential, collective residence and public buildings - noise from building service equipment penetrating into rooms — 4 methods
- Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes — 4 methods
- Workplace environment - emergency lighting — 4 methods
- General environment - impulse noise from industrial installations and equipment — 2 methods
- General environment - noise from airports — 2 methods
- General environment - noise from industrial installations and equipment — 2 methods
- General environment - noise from roads, railway lines, tram lines, — 2 methods
- Machinery and equipment - noise — 2 methods
- Rooms in residential, collective residence and public utility buildings - noise — 2 methods
- Rooms in residential, collective residence, public and industrial buildings - ventilation — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - cold microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - energy expenditure — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - hot microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting — 2 methods
- and 6 more
Analytical techniques used (8)
- Direct measurement method — 18 methods
- Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) — 5 methods
- Gravimetric method — 2 methods
- Anemometric method; Thermoanemometric method — 1 method
- Calculation method — 1 method
- Electrochemical method — 1 method
- Personal dosimetry method — 1 method
- Technical method — 1 method
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 05.01.2026
- Issue no.
- 22
Accreditation scope — test methods (48)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Workplace environment - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level Range (30 - 136) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (35 – 136) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the method covering strategy 2 cl. 10 and strategy 3 cl. 11 | PN-N-01307:1994 | |
| 2 | Workplace environment - noise | Noise exposure level referred to: an 8-hour daily working time the average weekly working time (calculated) |
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the method covering strategy 2 cl. 10 and strategy 3 cl. 11 | PN-N-01307:1994 | ||
| 3 | Rooms in residential, collective residence and public utility buildings - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level Range (23 - 136) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-87/B-02156 | |
| 4 | Rooms in residential, collective residence and public utility buildings - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound level for reference time T (calculated) | PN-87/B-02156 | ||
| 5 | Rooms in residential, collective residence and public buildings - noise from building service equipment penetrating into rooms | A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level Range (23-136) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 10052:2007 | PN-EN ISO 10052:2007/A1:2010 | |
| 6 | Rooms in residential, collective residence and public buildings - noise from building service equipment penetrating into rooms | Reference A-weighted equivalent sound level for the work cycle, Reference A-weighted maximum sound level for the work cycle (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 10052:2007 | PN-EN ISO 10052:2007/A1:2010 | ||
| 7 | Rooms in residential, collective residence and public buildings - noise from building service equipment penetrating into rooms | A,C-weighted equivalent sound level A,C-weighted maximum sound level Range (24-136) dB Sound pressure level in 1/1 octave bands in the range 31,5 – 8000 Hz |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 16032:2006 | |
| 8 | Rooms in residential, collective residence and public buildings - noise from building service equipment penetrating into rooms | Reference A-weighted equivalent sound level for the work cycle, Reference A-weighted maximum sound level for the work cycle (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 16032:2006 | ||
| 9 | Rooms in residential, collective residence and public utility buildings | Reverberation time in octave and 1/3-octave bands | Technical method | PN-EN ISO 3382-2:2010 | |
| 10 | Machinery and equipment - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (23 - 136) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 3746:2011 excluding cl. 8.4 | PN-EN ISO 3746:2011/Ap1:2017-09 | |
| 11 | Machinery and equipment - noise | Sound power level (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 3746:2011 excluding cl. 8.4 | PN-EN ISO 3746:2011/Ap1:2017-09 | ||
| 12 | General environment - noise from industrial installations and equipment | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (23 - 136) dB |
Direct measurement method | Annex 7 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 07.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws 2023 item 1706) | PN-ISO 9613-2:2002 | |
| 13 | General environment - noise from industrial installations and equipment | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level for the reference time T expressed by the indicators LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated) | Calculation method | Annex 7 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 07.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws 2023 item 1706) | PN-ISO 9613-2:2002 | |
| 14 | General environment - impulse noise from industrial installations and equipment | A-weighted equivalent sound level A-weighted sound exposure level Range (23 – 136) dB |
Direct measurement method | Annex 8 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 07.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws 2023 item 1706) | |
| 15 | General environment - impulse noise from industrial installations and equipment | A-weighted equivalent sound level for the reference time T expressed by the indicators LAeqD/N (calculated) | Annex 8 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 07.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws 2023 item 1706) | ||
| 16 | General environment - noise from roads, railway lines, tram lines, | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (23 - 136) dB |
Direct measurement method | Annex 3 to the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 16.06.2011 (Journal of Laws No. 140 item 824 and No. 288 item 1697) excluding cl. H | |
| 17 | General environment - noise from roads, railway lines, tram lines, | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level for the reference time T expressed by the indicators LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated) | Annex 3 to the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 16.06.2011 (Journal of Laws No. 140 item 824 and No. 288 item 1697) excluding cl. H | ||
| 18 | General environment - noise from airports | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (23 - 136) dB |
Direct measurement method | Annex 2 to the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 16.06.2011 (Journal of Laws No. 140 item 824) excluding cl. H | |
| 19 | General environment - noise from airports | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level for the reference time T expressed by the indicators LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated) | Annex 2 to the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 16.06.2011 (Journal of Laws No. 140 item 824) excluding cl. H | ||
| 20 | Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting | Electric lighting illuminance Range (5 – 10 000) lx |
Direct measurement method | PB-01 issue 4 of 04.08.2022 | |
| 21 | Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting | Illuminance uniformity (calculated) | PB-01 issue 4 of 04.08.2022 | ||
| 22 | Workplace environment - emergency lighting | Emergency lighting illuminance Range (0,5-100) lx |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN 1838:2013-11 excluding cl. 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 5 | |
| 23 | Workplace environment - emergency lighting | Ratio of minimum to maximum illuminance (calculated) | PN-EN 1838:2013-11 excluding cl. 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 5 | ||
| 24 | Workplace environment - emergency lighting | Illuminance uniformity for the high-risk zone (calculated) | PN-EN 1838:2013-11 excluding cl. 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 5 | ||
| 25 | Workplace environment - emergency lighting | Switch-on time Range (1 – 3 600) s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN 1838:2013-11 excluding cl. 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 5 | |
| 26 | Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range (0,06 – 50) m/s2 Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of the vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) (calculated) |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | |
| 27 | Workplace environment - whole-body vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range (0,02 – 20) m/s2 Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components, taking into account the relevant factors (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz) Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components, taking into account the relevant factors (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz) (calculated) |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN 14253+A1:2011 | |
| 28 | Rooms in residential, collective residence, public and industrial buildings - ventilation | Air velocity Range (1,0 - 25) m/s Range (0,15 – 20,0) m/s |
Anemometric method; Thermoanemometric method | PN-EN 12599:2013-04 | |
| 29 | Rooms in residential, collective residence, public and industrial buildings - ventilation | Air volume flow rate, Air change rate (calculated) | PN-EN 12599:2013-04 | ||
| 30 | Workplace environment - energy expenditure | Air flow Range (10 – 60,2) dm3/min Air temperature Range (0 – 40) °C |
Direct measurement method | PB-06, issue 1 of 05.04.2018 | |
| 31 | Workplace environment - energy expenditure | Energy expenditure (calculated) | PB-06, issue 1 of 05.04.2018 | ||
| 32 | Workplace environment - hot microclimate | Air temperature Range (20 - 42) °C Natural wet bulb temperature Range (20 - 42) °C Black globe temperature Range (20 - 42) °C |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | |
| 33 | Workplace environment - hot microclimate | WBGT index, WBGTeff index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | ||
| 34 | Workplace environment - cold microclimate | Air temperature Range (-25) oC – (10) °C Black globe temperature Range (-25) oC – (10) °C Air humidity Range (32 – 83) % Air velocity Range (0,4 – 10) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 11079:2008 | |
| 35 | Workplace environment - cold microclimate | IREQmin index, IREQneutral index, twc index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 11079:2008 | ||
| 36 | Workplace environment - moderate microclimate | Air temperature Range (10 - 42) °C Black globe temperature Range (10 - 42) °C Air humidity Range (25 – 85) % Air velocity Range (0,15 – 5) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006/Ap2:2016-04 | |
| 37 | Workplace environment - moderate microclimate | PMV index, PPD index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006/Ap2:2016-04 | ||
| 38 | Workplace environment - air | Air sampling for occupational exposure assessment to: dust agents inhalable fraction respirable fraction organic substances inorganic substances thoracic fraction respirable fraction metals inhalable fraction respirable fraction |
Personal dosimetry method | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | |
| 39 | Workplace environment - air | Exposure index (calculated) | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | ||
| 40 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of dust agents harmful to health- inhalable fraction: Apatites and phosphorites Petroleum bitumen Portland cement Titanium dioxide Natural graphite Synthetic graphite Kaolin Amorphous and synthetic silica Wood dusts Flour dusts Dusts not classified according to toxicity Organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Calcium sulfate(VI) (gypsum) - Carbon black Coal (hard, brown) Calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) Silicon carbide, non-fibrous Range (0,16 - 20,4) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 41 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of harmful dust agents- respirable fraction : Apatites and phosphorites Portland cement Natural graphite Amorphous and synthetic silica Organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Coal (hard, brown) Range (0,10 - 7,8) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 42 | Workplace environment - air | Carbon monoxide concentration Range (2,3-125) mg/m3 Range (2-107) ppm |
Electrochemical method | PB-05, issue 1 of 25.01.2017 | |
| 43 | Workplace environment - air | Exposure index (calculated) | PB-05, issue 1 of 25.01.2017 | ||
| 44 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes | Methanol concentration (6,0-600,0) mg/m3 (0,05-2,6) mg in the sample | Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PN-Z-04476:2016-10 | |
| 45 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes | Propan-1-ol concentration (14,8-1182,0) mg/m3 (0,096-7,68) mg in the sample | Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PN-Z-04224-3:2003 | |
| 46 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes | Organic solvent concentration acetone Range (4,2 – 3 600,0) mg/m3 Range (0,05 – 23,2) mg in the sample benzene (0,032 – 17,6) mg/m3 (0,0099 – 5,43) ppm (0,0008 – 0,44) mg in the sample butan-1-ol (1,3 – 648,0) mg/m3 (0,032 – 16,2) mg in the sample butan-2-one (1,6 – 1800,0) mg/m3 (0,04 – 24,0) mg in the sample 2-butoxyethanol (9,6 – 720,0) mg/m3 (0,24 – 18,0) mg in the sample chlorobenzene (0,88 – 444,0) mg/m3 (0,022 – 11,1) mg in the sample cyclohexanol (1,1 – 184,0) mg/m3 (0,01 – 4,76) mg in the sample cyclohexanone (1,1 – 181,0) mg/m3 (0,06 – 4,76) mg in the sample dichloromethane (3,0 – 706,0) mg/m3 (0,85 – 200,3) ppm (0,06 – 5,30) mg in the sample ethanol (8,0 – 3950,0) mg/m3 (0,032 – 15,8) mg in the sample 2-ethoxyethanol (0,76 – 74,4) mg/m3 (0,019 – 1,86) mg/sample (0,20 – 19,9) ppm ethylbenzene (20,0 – 800,0) mg/m3 (0,5 – 10,44 )mg in the sample hexane (0,56 – 168,8) mg/m3 (0,014 – 4,22) mg in the sample heptane (8,0 – 4000,0) mg/m3 (0,14 – 68,0) mg in the sample xylene- mixture of isomers:1,2-,1,3-,1,4 (9,6 – 400,0) mg/m3 (0,24 – 8,6) mg in the sample |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-07 issue 5 of 06.12.2024 | |
| 47 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes | Organic solvent concentration methanol Range (6,0 – 600,0) mg/m3 Range (0,05 – 2,45) mg in the sample 1-methoxypropan-2-ol (1,81 – 736,0) mg/m3 (0,09 – 18,4) mg in the sample 4-methylpentan-2-one (8,0 – 400,0) mg/m3 (0,2 – 8,0) mg in the sample 2-butoxyethyl acetate (1,81 – 720,0) mg/m3 (0,09 – 9,0) mg in the sample ethyl acetate (2,88 – 2936,0) mg/m3 (0,79 – 803,0) ppm (0,072 – 36,0) mg in the sample 2-methoxy-1-methylethyl acetate (1,91 – 1040,0) mg/m3 (0,10 – 19,4) mg/sample n-butyl acetate (1,44 – 1440,0) mg/m3 (0,036 – 17,6) mg in the sample propan-1-ol (14,8 – 1200,0) mg/m3 (0,096 – 7,68) mg in the sample propan-2-ol (16,7 – 2400,0) mg/m3 (0,04 – 23,6) mg in the sample styrene (0,32 – 200,0) mg/m3 (0,008 – 4,5) mg in the sample toluene (0,72 – 400,0) mg/m3 (0,018 – 8,74) mg in the sample |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-07 issue 5 of 06.12.2024 | |
| 48 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on tubes | Concentration of organic solvents: extraction naphtha Range (18 – 3000,0) mg/m3 Range (0,9 – 44,0) mg in the sample |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-08 issue 3 of 06.12.2024 | |
Reference standards (36)
PB-01 issue 4 of 04.08.2022
PB-05, issue 1 of 25.01.2017
PB-06, issue 1 of 05.04.2018
PB-07 issue 5 of 06.12.2024
PB-08 issue 3 of 06.12.2024
PN-87/B-02156
PN-EN 12599:2013-04
PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
PN-EN 1838:2013-11 excluding cl. 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 5
PN-EN ISO 10052:2007
PN-EN ISO 10052:2007/A1:2010
PN-EN ISO 11079:2008
PN-EN ISO 16032:2006
PN-EN ISO 3382-2:2010
PN-EN ISO 3746:2011 excluding cl. 8.4
PN-EN ISO 3746:2011/Ap1:2017-09
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11
PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01
PN-EN ISO 7730:2006
PN-EN ISO 7730:2006/Ap2:2016-04
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the method covering strategy 2 cl. 10 and strategy 3 cl. 11
PN-ISO 9613-2:2002
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
PN-Z-04224-3:2003
PN-Z-04476:2016-10
PN-Z-04507:2022-05
PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05
PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
Annex 2 to the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 16.06.2011 (Journal of Laws No. 140 item 824) excluding cl. H
Annex 3 to the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 16.06.2011 (Journal of Laws No. 140 item 824 and No. 288 item 1697) excluding cl. H
Annex 7 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 07.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws 2023 item 1706)
Annex 8 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 07.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws 2023 item 1706)