Green Simulation in Focus – Sustainability through Simulation Technologies
The new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires companies to accurately document their CO2 emissions. These changes affect a wide range of companies and create a clear framework for accountability in terms of sustainability. It is becoming increasingly important to understand and reduce the carbon footprint.
With this in mind, a hackathon was launched as part of a workshop at our Hanau/Sindelfingen office. The task for the four teams was to develop a simulation model that accurately reflects CO2 emissions in production and administration in order to help companies make informed decisions about reducing emissions.
The four teams were tasked with presenting their results after one day to an external jury consisting of our supervisory board member Andreas Schindler and board member Ulrich Burges. Despite the tight timeframe, impressive and creative solutions were presented that show how diverse the path to greater sustainability through simulation technologies can be.
Here is an overview of the four innovative projects:
- Carbon Compass: Creating transparency regarding a company’s carbon footprint by mapping the entire corporate structure and identifying relevant consumption data to calculate emissions.
- JUMB-O-Energy: Considering employee commuting by creating incentives for employees to travel to work in an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient way.
- SimEnergy: Analysis of energy consumption in production via a simple user interface for plant simulation
- Team4Energy: A modular system for real-time monitoring and analysis of CO2 emissions in production and logistics processes, which can be seamlessly integrated into existing simulation models.
The jury chose the ‘Jumb O-Energy’ team as the winner, who accepted the sustainability award.
