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Internet of Sustainability – Data-Driven Sustainability Management in Production

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This paper presents the concept of “Internet of Sustainability”, a framework covering which sustainability-related data, models and decisions are necessary along the product lifecycle.

Irrespective of the pandemic slowing industrial output worldwide and reducing resource use, “earth overshoot day” occurred on August 22, 2020. Production industry as one of the main energy consumers has to realize a transition towards sustainable production. To create a palatable transition, it is essential for industrial companies to maintain a balance between compliance with increasing regulation and constant turnover. The progressing digitalization and the increasing availability of data in industrial production enhances overall productivity and offers increased sustainability.

First, the main structure of the framework is introduced. Second, two use cases are discussed with respect to three application layers (Raw Data, Smart Data, Smart Expert Layer). Third, an outlook for further research in the “Internet of Sustainability” is given.

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Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC-2023 Internet of Production – 390621612.

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  1. Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering, WZL of RWTH Aachen University, Campus-Boulevard 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    K. Briele, J. Chhor, L. Nuy, F. Sohnius, L. C. Gussen, R. Kiesel & R. H. Schmitt

  2. Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Steinbachstr. 17, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    R. H. Schmitt

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Briele, K. et al. (2022). Internet of Sustainability – Data-Driven Sustainability Management in Production. In: Behrens, BA., Brosius, A., Drossel, WG., Hintze, W., Ihlenfeldt, S., Nyhuis, P. (eds) Production at the Leading Edge of Technology. WGP 2021. Lecture Notes in Production Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78424-9_70

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