PSS

PSS Best Practice

Estimating the Potential of industrial Product-Service-Systems (PSS) in Europe and estimation of their implementation in Austria.

Analysing and sustainability benchmarking of outstanding examples of Product Service Systems (PSS) throughout Europe and estimation of their Implementation in Austria.

The project aims a strengthening the market for sustainable Product-Service-Systems (PSS) by clearly identifying success factors and hindrances. Restraining factors and basic conditions are worked out on the basis of best-practice examples. From this, as well as from the own experiences of the project team, strategic recommendations for action (for political decision makers) are derived.

The transition from the sale of products to the offer of sustainable product service systems (PSS) represents a contribution on the way to sustainable development (not only in the sense of a reduction of the material stream around the factor 10, but also regarding a increased quality of life and the achievement of business competition advantages). Fact is however, that this paradigm change – away from the sales of products, in direction of the supply of solutions for the satisfaction of human needs – in reality not yet noticeably interspersed. This project takes up the problem of the conversion deficits and already offers solutions that can already be incorporated into the next call of the factory of the future program line 2004.

The project concentrates on selected fields within the range of industrial applications – in the area of business to business (b2b) commerce. National, European and international PSS are collected and analysed by using an analysis matrix which then will be examined and evaluated. To achieve this, national and international experts on this area, entrepreneurs and decision makers are incorporated in the discussion. This will be facilitated by workshops and interviews. During the project particularly outstanding PSS best practice examples – PDL Leuchttürme – will be selected and exemplary represented.

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