Sustainability enabled by Systems Engineering (SuSy)

Aligned with INCOSE Vision 2035, which identifies sustainability as a megatrend shaping the future of systems engineering, this working group promotes Engineering for Sustainability as a systemic property. By leveraging technologies from Systems Engineering (SE), Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and digitalization, the group supports the transformation toward sustainability and effectively manages complexity throughout a product's entire lifecycle
Current Goals

Develop an approach that effectively and efficiently addresses sustainability aspects across the entire product lifecycle.
Utilize formal methods and semantic data integration to develop the digital thread and digital twin.
These technologies are crucial for analyzing and potimizing systems and lifecycles, as well as generating comprehensive sustainability reports (e.g., within CSRD frameworks) to meet regulatory requirements.
Establish partnerships with research institutes, companies, and interest groups to promote and share knowledge and methodologies globally.
Define sustainability requirements that systems engineers must consider to:
effectively and efficiently integrate sustainability,
- implement sustainability responsibly (in collaboration with experts from the sustainability community),
- avoid greenwashing,
- ensure economic feasibility for industries.
Additionally, define requirements for existing and new MBSE methods to systematically incorporate sustainability aspects.
Publish papers and participate in conferences to disseminate findings and create synergies with other research initiatives.
Publications
TdSE Paper 2022: Kann Systems Engineering eine nachhaltige Produktentwicklung unterstützen
Walter Koch Interview KEM
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