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be fed directly into the server model for transferring
product usage into an estimate of the energy load it
will entail on the server. In a similar way, energy
consumption for logistics related to the product can
be utilized. This might comprise upstream chains for
procurement of product parts as well as distribution
logistics.
Integrated in a workflow all these energy con-
sumption and estimation related activities may be ex-
ecuted multiple times with different parameters and
product configurations in order to take into account
production and product life-cycle energy costs for the
product design. The energy estimation data from the
design phase is stored in the CEMIS context, so it
will be still readily available when the workflow is
suspended and resumed later for a product redesign
phase. The context is part of the workflow and will
be stored to disk together with the workflow and its
execution state, if necessary.
Nevertheless, the energy data (as any other envi-
ronmental data in the platform) may also be saved
to an environmental data store and be used in any
other workflow that might accompany the product
life-cycle. All data will be transfered into an stan-
dardized CEMIS data format (development will start
soon) in order to ensure interoperability.
A frequent use case will be communication and
reporting. Communicating energy information in this
context refers to activities like including achieved
savings in product advertisements, fair and source-
related cost allocation or raising awareness for the
impacts of one’s own daily business decisions. Re-
porting on the other hand refers to an integration of
energy data into annual, official sustainability reports
that may be generated and published with our system
as well. New and interactive graph and gauge ele-
ments in this report will enable stakeholders to expe-
rience a versatile offer of energy information that is
exactly tailored to their specific needs.
6 CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT
STEPS
The development of the core integration platform has
just started out. The business concepts are developed
in close collaboration with our scientific and industry
partners, especially to confirm that they can benefit
from these concepts in daily business. Currently, we
are also facing the specification of a common, XML-
based data exchange format. The definition of ser-
vices, that implement different workflow activities is
yet another next step.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work is part of the project IT-for-Green (Next
Generation CEMIS for Environmental, Energy and
Resource Management). The IT-for-Green project is
funded by the European regional development fund
(grant number W/A III 80119242).
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