PASSAT: Data service ecosystem for the Digital Product Passport
Duration:
02/2025
—
01/2028
Total Project Duration
3 Years
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The project
The ecological transition requires precise and reliable product data throughout the entire lifecycle of a product. The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is part of the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and many products placed on the European market will be required to provide it in the coming years. PASSAT develops practical solutions, formulates regulatory recommendations, and implements pilot projects in the fields of textiles, electronics, and the ski industry.
Our activities in the project
The LIFE Institute develops circular business models and recommendations for decision-makers in various positions. We assess the environmental and economic impact and thus ensure to achieve the overarching goal of the DPP to improve the environmental sustainability of products.
The DIGITAL Institute supports companies in realising this goal through training courses and workshops. This involves using training materials from ConFacts, which were developed in 2023 and 2024.
Research groups
Downloads
Customers
FFG
Project partner
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
ABC Research
Atomic Austria
CANCOM Austria
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
eaw Relaistechnik
Fraunhofer Austria Research
Grabher Group
GS1 Austria
HTW Berlin
Plattform Industrie 4.0 Österreich
Löffler
onlim
Salzburg Research
Secontrade
silana
nexyo
V-Trion GmbH
Wintersteiger Sports
Details of the project
As part of the Ecodesign Regulation, the Digital Product Passport (DPP) helps to improve the environmental sustainability of products. By providing reliable product data along the entire life cycle, the DPP enables the reduction of waste, extended product use and the development of new (circular) business models.
In the PASSAT project, we develop practical solutions, regulatory recommendations and training materials to prepare companies specifically to face the challenges of digital transformation. It also implements pilot projects in the textiles, electronics and ski industries. The project establishes the basis for a broad introduction of DPPs in Austria in close cooperation with industry, research and political stakeholders and supports companies in adapting to upcoming regulatory requirements.
Ecological change requires precise and reliable product data over the entire life cycle of a product. The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is part of the new Ecodesign Regulation (ESPR) and many products placed on the European market will be required to provide it in the coming years. The DPP will provide the basis for collecting and utilising important product data, which will help to reduce waste, extend the life of products and develop sustainable business models.
PASSAT supports companies in fulfilling these requirements and actively promoting the circular economy. In addition, PASSAT will develop regulatory and policy recommendations and define technical building blocks and processes to simplify the implementation of the DPP, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As the project coordinator, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology will contribute its expertise in the creation of data spaces and standardisation aspects to the project and link PASSAT with existing initiatives in the context of the Cyber Resilience Act.
Interoperability and data sovereignty will be ensured by integrating the Digital Product Passport into trustworthy, distributed European data space concepts such as Gaia-X, whilst maintaining control over sensitive data. Taking this into account, the Gaia-X Hub Austria is helping to disseminate the project results and make their benefits tangible and applicable for the Austrian economy. In this way, PASSAT provides decisive impetus for a sustainable and secure digital transformation of Austrian industry and supports companies on their way to a sustainable, resource-saving economy.
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