Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB 
Reliably calculating the CO2 footprint
In this project, the Fraunhofer Institutes IPA, IOSB, ISST and IESE are working together to develop a technological solution for cross-border data exchange that fulfills both country-specific regulations and company-specific requirements for data sovereignty. By combining existing partial solutions, small and medium-sized companies should be able to reliably calculate the carbon footprint of their products, even when purchasing components from e. g. China.
Legally compliant data exchange with China
The goal of the project is to develop a technological solution that enables legally compliant and interoperable exchange of data between Germany and China. The results will be evaluated with the help of a use case in the area of Product Carbon Footprint (PCF). The results will be demonstrated in the form of a physical demonstrator in both Stuttgart and Shanghai.
Results to date
The current project status is about ensuring the interoperability of different implementations of the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) Standards and integrating them into a data space. In addition, regulatory information is translated into machine-readable data usage guidelines. Digital twins of the use case, which contain information on the PCF, are being modeled.
Our contribution
The ILT department supports the project with the FA³ST service, which is used in the project as an AAS server to enable sovereign data exchange. As part of the project, interoperability with other AAS server implementations is to be ensured. In addition, ILT offers a possibility to integrate AAS into a data space with the EDC Extension for AAS.