ECOFACT Platform Architecture Supporting Manufacturing Energy Management and Holistic Sustainability

The European Union (EU) manufacturing industry of the future needs to be led by the decarbonisation imperative and by those drivers of change leading the 4th Industrial Revolution, e.g. digital transformation, greater circularity and resource efficiency. In this work, the authors introduce a new platform based on layered architecture that integrates several assets, enabling manufacturing industries to optimize the en-ergy performance of their production systems in line with their relevant constraints. The platform will be developed in the context of the ECOFACT project as a component of an holistic solution spanning from cloud to edge that will allow integrating energy-related information through the uptake of advanced Information and communication technologies (ICT) and digital solutions, while contributing to reduced environmental footprint and enhanced integral sustainability in manufacturing management.