Mastering Sustainable Engineering

In four webinars, researchers will report on the changes that manufacturing companies are facing from a product development perspective in the context of sustainability and the circular economy and how they can respond to them. From the basics, digital twins and sustainable product lifecycle management to the use of product and system data, the webinars offer exciting insights into the current world of research and provide practical approaches for integrating these concepts into corporate strategies and product development processes. By participating in this free event, you will receive impulses and important input as starting points for sustainable product development around the topic of sustainable engineering and the opportunity for interactive exchange with our experts. 

1. Understanding the Foundations of Sustainable Engineering

The ecological challenges of our time are huge. Exceeding planetary boundaries threatens the prosperity and peaceful coexistence of present and future generations worldwide. Companies make decisions that have a significant impact on the future of the environment and society. Due to their corporate responsibility, they are under immense pressure to act: legislation as well as customers and investors demand verifiable sustainability of their products. Products must therefore be designed throughout their entire life cycle in such a way that they can be produced, transported, maintained, used, recycled or disposed of with minimal environmental impact. The key to this lies in the successful integration of sustainability criteria into product development and consideration of the entire lifecycle.

📅 Date: June 27, 2024

🕒 Time: 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m (CEST)

Theresa Riedelsheimer, Language: Englisch 

Insights from the Session

This event will provide you with answers to the following key questions:

• What are the major ecological challenges of our time?
• Which sustainability concepts and models characterize research?
• What potentials and levers exist for sustainable engineering?
  

2. Developing Digital Twins for Sustainability

The provision of data and information along the product life cycle is becoming increasingly relevant in the current regulatory environment. Topics such as the digital product passport are strong drivers that also demand information on individual products and their environmental impact (keyword: CO₂ footprint). Digital twins as a concept can meet these requirements. At the same time, they present companies with a new level of complexity in terms of their development and operation. Different domains must work together and now also integrate the sustainability perspective.

The aim of this event is to present digital twins in the context of sustainability and, in particular, to provide a brief insight into how they can be methodically developed to include sustainability assessment, e.g. in the form of a lifecycle assessment.

📅 Date: September 04, 2024

🕒 Time: 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m (CEST)

Theresa Riedelsheimer, Language: Englisch

Insights from the Session

This event will provide you with answers to the following key questions:

• What are Digital Twins and their lifecycle?
• How can I use digital twins for sustainability?
• How are digital twins methodically developed in different scenarios?

3. Enabling the Shift to Sustainable Product Lifecycle Management

Anchoring sustainability in corporate practice is a challenge for many companies. From corporate philosophy to operational activities - sustainability permeates all levels of the company. Due to their corporate responsibility, manufacturing companies are under immense pressure to act. As their products have an impact on the environment throughout their entire life cycle, sustainability initiatives must be considered across the entire life cycle. This is where PLM applications come into play: they make it possible to provide product information transparently across the entire lifecycle and make a significant contribution to ensuring compliance with laws and regulations and tracking sustainability indicators and environmental impacts.

📅 Date: September 26, 2024

🕒 Time: 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m (CEST))

Anne Seegrün, Language: Englisch 

Insights from the Session

The aim of this event is to provide a brief insight into where the corporate "Sustainability Journey" is heading and how this can be supported by PLM in the future. The key questions addressed are:

• How can sustainability be anchored in business?
• Which strategies, methods and tools support the corporate sustainability transformation?
• What role do PLM systems play in the sustainable transformation?

4. Using Product and System Data for Sustainable Engineering

Today's products are networked in many ways and no longer fulfill a singular purpose, but are part of overarching system landscapes and product ecosystems. The products themselves can therefore usually only be viewed as systems. In order to develop these systems as sustainably as possible, it is necessary to use existing data over the lifecycle.

📅 Date: October 24, 2024

🕒 Time: 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m (CEST)

Marvin Manoury, Language: Englisch 

Insights from the Session

The aim of this event is to provide a brief insight into the use of system data over the lifecycle for the development of sustainable products, which will be explored in greater depth in the Mastering Sustainable Engineering course. The core questions addressed are:

• What are systems and why should we think in terms of systems for sustainability considerations?
• What data is available and how can it be used?
• What current examples are there?