TU Darmstadt and Heidelberg Set Up an Environment Portal for Ecological Product Development

The project focused on the individual modular components in a press, such as the feeder, inking unit, dampening unit, dryer and delivery. When a developer is working on a new feeder for example, the environment portal provides him with the environmental requirements stored for the components. The portal also gives an overview of the components’ environmental relevance, providing useful tips, additional explanations and background information. In this way, the developer is supported by the know-how in the environment portal and can use his limited resources to best suit the specific development. In the future, his experience and expertise will also be stored in the environment portal and other developers will be able to access the information in the medium term in the form of best practices.