2025/04/01 by Krause, Artur, Dielhenn, Jana, Jess, Simon +5
Business, Management and Accounting · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Environmental Impact and Sustainability #Immediate PCF Feedback #Live-Lab #Methodological Design Support #Product Carbon Footprint #Sheet-Metal Design #Sustainable Building Design and Assessment #Sustainable Design #Sustainable Supply Chain Management #Technology::620: Engineering::620.1: Engineering Mechanics and Materials Science::620.11: Engineering Materials #Technology::621: Applied Physics
paper · doi:10.15480/882.16162
openalex publication_date 2025/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/11/19 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This study investigates a data-driven approach for integrating sustainability criteria into the design process to reduce the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of sheet-metal parts. In a Live-Lab research environment, the design solutions of four engineering teams were analyzed at each iteration to assess how immediate PCF feedback and detailed sustainability information impacted both the design process and the final Product Carbon Footprint of the sheet-metal parts. The findings show that understanding the influencing factors of sustainable sheet-metal design and receiving PCF feedback led to PCF reductions of over 30 %, highlighting the importance of quantifiable sustainability metrics in industrial design practices.