CliCE-DiPP Consortium Meeting in Gaggenau
Yesterday, the consortium of the CliCE-DiPP research project met in Gaggenau. After more than two years of project duration, the focus is increasingly on answering the questions of how much CO₂ is in my product and how I can reduce emissions and costs in a targeted manner. We took stock together and set the course for the project’s final year.
CliCE-DiPP is developing a digital CO₂ product passport that creates transparency along the entire value chain and identifies specific opportunities for optimization. The focus: the metalworking industry and the measuring device sector. The meeting revealed remarkable project progress:
- A dashboard that calculates the carbon footprint at the touch of a button – live, transparent, and measurable.
- Mathematical models that can be used to simulate energy prices and reduce them in a targeted manner.
- AI-supported forecasts: How can the throughput in production be optimized, without losing sight of energy efficiency?
- Intelligent production planning: When is maintenance worthwhile, when is the next production step?
- A prototype to simplify the management and exchange of digital product passes and to visually evaluate them in order to identify potential savings.
- A solution to track and analyze production, including consumption and emissions, via the workstations with Process Mining, so that specific inefficiencies can be identified and improved.
- Tools for sustainable business models: How can circular approaches be evaluated economically and ecologically?
- And: legal clarity – for example, on the question of who in a supply chain is considered as the creator of the CO₂ passport, or which requirements from the Eco-Design Regulation and Data Act are relevant.
A look into the factory halls at Protektor has shown that the questions from the field are present, and the solutions from CliCE-DiPP are designed to offer real added value. Now the final spurt begins with a focus on demonstrators and concrete benefits for users, also with a view to the final event next year.
A big thank you to the host company Protektor for the exciting insights!
