---
_id: '12788'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The product environmental footprint (PEF) is one of two life cycle assessment
    methods from the European Commission. With their published recommendation on environmental
    footprint methods, the European Commission provides a framework to assess the
    PEF for every product in a company. Since there is a high probability that the
    PEF will be mandatory for companies shortly, it is crucial that this recommendation
    guides companies and mainly technical employees through all phases of the PEF
    and enables them to execute a PEF study correctly. Therefore, this paper aims
    to analyze the process of calculating a PEF for a product critically. A PEF study
    is conducted on a smart luminaire with the software program OpenLCA. The use case
    concludes that many aspects of the PEF still need to be clarified. Especially
    the calculation methods behind every impact category need to be more transparent.
    Further, a comparison of the use case with a provided tutorial from OpenLCA is
    made. The comparison shows that no information is available on how to model the
    end-of-life and the use stages, which are mandatory in a PEF study. (c) 2023 The
    Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V.
author:
- first_name: Viktoria
  full_name: Mordaschew, Viktoria
  id: '79005'
  last_name: Mordaschew
- first_name: Sven
  full_name: Tackenberg, Sven
  id: '71470'
  last_name: Tackenberg
citation:
  ama: Mordaschew V, Tackenberg S. <i>The Product Environmental Footprint – A Critical
    Review</i>. Vol 232. (Longo F, Shen W, Padovano A, eds.). Elsevier BV; 2024:493-503.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049">10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049</a>
  apa: Mordaschew, V., &#38; Tackenberg, S. (2024). The Product Environmental Footprint
    – A Critical Review. In F. Longo, W. Shen, &#38; A. Padovano (Eds.), <i>5th International
    Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM)</i> (Vol. 232, pp. 493–503).
    Elsevier BV. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049</a>
  bjps: '<b>Mordaschew V and Tackenberg S</b> (2024) <i>The Product Environmental
    Footprint – A Critical Review</i>, Longo F, Shen W and Padovano A (eds). Amsterdam:
    Elsevier BV.'
  chicago: 'Mordaschew, Viktoria, and Sven Tackenberg. <i>The Product Environmental
    Footprint – A Critical Review</i>. Edited by F. Longo, W. Shen, and A. Padovano.
    <i>5th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM)</i>.
    Vol. 232. Procedia Computer Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier BV, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Mordaschew, Viktoria und Sven Tackenberg. 2024. <i>The Product Environmental
    Footprint – A Critical Review</i>. Hg. von F. Longo, W. Shen, und A. Padovano.
    <i>5th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM)</i>.
    Bd. 232. Procedia Computer Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier BV. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049">10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Mordaschew, Viktoria</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Tackenberg, Sven</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Longo,
    F.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Shen, W.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Padovano,
    A.</span> (Hrsg.): <i>The Product Environmental Footprint – A Critical Review</i>,
    <i>Procedia Computer Science</i>. Bd. 232. Amsterdam : Elsevier BV, 2024'
  havard: V. Mordaschew, S. Tackenberg, The Product Environmental Footprint – A Critical
    Review, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, 2024.
  ieee: 'V. Mordaschew and S. Tackenberg, <i>The Product Environmental Footprint –
    A Critical Review</i>, vol. 232. Amsterdam: Elsevier BV, 2024, pp. 493–503. doi:
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049">10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049</a>.'
  mla: Mordaschew, Viktoria, and Sven Tackenberg. “The Product Environmental Footprint
    – A Critical Review.” <i>5th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart
    Manufacturing (ISM)</i>, edited by F. Longo et al., vol. 232, Elsevier BV, 2024,
    pp. 493–503, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049</a>.
  short: V. Mordaschew, S. Tackenberg, The Product Environmental Footprint – A Critical
    Review, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, 2024.
  ufg: '<b>Mordaschew, Viktoria/Tackenberg, Sven</b>: The Product Environmental Footprint
    – A Critical Review, Bd. 232, hg. von Longo, F./Shen, W./Padovano, A., Amsterdam
    2024 (Procedia Computer Science).'
  van: 'Mordaschew V, Tackenberg S. The Product Environmental Footprint – A Critical
    Review. Longo F, Shen W, Padovano A, editors. 5th International Conference on
    Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM). Amsterdam: Elsevier BV; 2024. (Procedia
    Computer Science; vol. 232).'
conference:
  end_date: 2023-11-24
  location: Lisbon, PORTUGAL
  name: 5th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM)
  start_date: 2023-11-22
date_created: 2025-04-15T08:01:11Z
date_updated: 2025-06-25T12:43:49Z
department:
- _id: DEP7020
doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.049
editor:
- first_name: F.
  full_name: Longo, F.
  last_name: Longo
- first_name: W.
  full_name: Shen, W.
  last_name: Shen
- first_name: A.
  full_name: Padovano, A.
  last_name: Padovano
intvolume: '       232'
keyword:
- Product Environmental Footprint
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Sustainability
- Cyber-physical Systems
language:
- iso: eng
page: 493-503
place: Amsterdam
publication: 5th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing
  (ISM)
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1877-0509
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
series_title: Procedia Computer Science
status: public
title: The Product Environmental Footprint – A Critical Review
type: conference_editor_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 232
year: '2024'
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