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About PSS-Pass

Shaping a Sustainable Future with Digital Product-Service Ecosystems

The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a new concept of a policy tool designed to help achieve a circular economy (CE). In its initial design, the DPP is intended to compile product information, primarily from manufacturers, to help create more circular products. This requires a standard framework to ensure all DPPs are consistent and compatible.

Modern industrial companies are moving beyond selling just products; they are adding services as key value-added activities. In this model, the product is just one part of the total offering—a shift that enables new business models like “pay-per-use” and “pay-per-results.”

This approach falls under the concept of a Product Service System (PSS). A major benefit of PSS, besides radically improving how products are used, is a reduction in the environmental footprint of both the products and the services. However, the total environmental impact of PSS still needs deeper investigation, especially as the services around products become increasingly digital.

Digitalization and services are merging, leading to the Smart Product Service System (Smart PSS). The services within PSS are a vital, yet underused, source of (often digital) data about the product and how it’s used.

Using digital tools to consistently “track and trace” data—such as the origin, materials, and complete lifecycle of a product and all related services (like maintenance records, component substitutions, and failure causes)—will be a key factor in achieving full circularity in manufacturing.

The PSS-Pass Project Objectives

The main goal of the PSS-Pass project is to explore how extending the existing DPP concept into a Digital Product Service System Passport (DPSSP) can be done effectively, and how this new passport will boost the manufacturing industry’s circularity.

The project’s central idea is that the DPSSP will provide crucial new insights into the sustainability potential of both products and services. For example, the overarching hypothesis is that using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), supported by Machine Learning (ML) methods and fed with real-time data, will lead to more accurate LCA results and better life cycle decision-making.

The collected and shared data from the DPSSP will make it possible to effectively use ML for more reliable circularity decisions for PSS. Recognizing that the DPSSP concept will likely increase complexity, the project intends to offer an innovative solution for the DPSSP and associated simulation and decision-support tools for companies already using PSS and those planning to adopt it.

The project will deliver:

A Methodological Framework for creating and updating the DPSSP.

A Digital Environment for the DPSSP, based on current technology standards.

A set of Ontologies (structured data models) to improve compatibility within the DPSSP Environment.

A new DT-based Simulation Framework for modeling standardized and compatible Digital Twins for PSS lifecycle analysis.

An AI-based method/tool to forecast the environmental impact of PSS.

Our Pilots

Aiming to demonstrate that the PSS-Pass solutions are built based on and are applicable to a wide scope of industries.

Pilot 1

Sector – Home appliances

Pilot 2

Sector – Complex equipment

Pilot 3

Sector – Textile

Discover our Team

ATB
Uni Bergamo
Tecnalia
unparallel
The Open Group
f6s
electrolux
OAS
ENG
Circular Economy Foundation

ATB

ATB is an RTD institute with a high degree of flexibility and performance orientation, including exceptional competence and outstanding innovation. Each project is based on a partnership with our clients, which enables us to tackle innovative challenges together in a targeted and efficient manner.

The University of Bergamo (UniBG)

The University of Bergamo (UniBG) is a public university located in Bergamo, Italy, with approximately 20,000 students and 8 multidisciplinary departments. Founded in 1968, the university is strongly connected to the local territory, fostering close collaboration with one of Europe’s most dynamic industrial and manufacturing regions. UniBG is recognized for its commitment to academic excellence, research, and innovation, serving as a key player in the region’s economic and social development.

TECNALIA

TECNALIA is the largest center of applied research and technological development in Spain, a benchmark in Europe and a member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance. We collaborate with companies and institutions to improve their competitiveness, people’s quality of life and achieve sustainable growth. We do it thanks to people who are passionate about technology and committed to building a better society.

Our Mission: To transform technological research into prosperity.

Our Vision: To be agents of transformation of companies and society for their adaptation to the challenges of a changing future.

Our Values: we are a team of people who behave honestly, transparently, and coherently, in line with our Organisation’s values set out below, creating an environment of trust both inside and outside of TECNALIA: client focus, collaboration, social commitment, excellence and innovation.

THE VALUES THAT FORM PART OF WHAT WE ARE

UNPARALLEL

UNPARALLEL is a Portuguese SME that develops digital technologies and provides consulting services on digitisation with a strong foundation on research and innovation. UNPARALLEL develops new products ranging from software/web solutions to hardware devices/sensors, and provides high-value consulting services on technological development, strategic insights, market intelligence, etc. Main target markets include (but not restricted to): Internet of Things, Industrial IoT, Smart Cities solutions, Agri-food instrumentation, Water-smart systems, Smart Factories/ Manufacturing, etc.

The Open Group

The Open Group is a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through technology standards and open source initiatives across a wide range of platforms and industries. Our diverse membership of more than 900 organizations includes customers, systems and solutions suppliers, tool vendors, integrators, academics, and consultants.

F6S

F6S is a leading global founder and startup network that helps public sector entities around the world to promote, communicate and disseminate technical and research projects.

Electrolux Italia S.p.A

Electrolux Italia S.p.A., with almost 4.600 employees, is a historic European leader in household appliances sector covering products research, design and manufacturing.

The Company is part of Electrolux Group, which is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years. The Company reinvents taste, care and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations. Under the Group’s leading appliance brands, including Electrolux, AEG and Frigidaire, Electrolux sells household products in around 120 markets every year. In 2023 Electrolux Group had sales of SEK 134 billion and employed 45,000 people around the world. The main strategic drivers are to act sustainably, create better experiences and always improve. Electrolux Italia, in particular, thanks to its consolidated know-how and the presence of several R&D centres, is one of the most important contributor to the Group’s leadership in Europe and world-wide in terms of innovation and refined product design.

Engineering Group

Engineering Group: is the Digital Transformation Company, leader in Italy and expanding its global footprint, with around 14,000 associates and with over 80 offices.

The Engineering Group, consisting of over 70 companies in 21 countries, has been supporting the continuous evolution of companies and organizations for more than 40 years, thanks to a deep understanding of business processes in all market segments, fully leveraging the opportunities offered by advanced digital technologies and proprietary solutions.

It integrates best-of-breed market solutions, managed services, and continues to expand its expertise through M&As and partnerships with leading technology players. The Group strongly invests both in innovation, through its R&I division, and in human capital, with the internal IT & Management Academy. Engineering is a key player in the creation of digital ecosystems that bridge the gap between different markets, while developing composable solutions that ultimately foster a continuous Business transformation.

The Circular Economy Foundation (CEF)

The Circular Economy Foundation (CEF), based in Brussels, is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the European Union’s integration of digitalization and circular economy principles. Guided by key EU initiatives like the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan, CEF promotes sustainable growth through restorative models that respect finite resources and address the environmental impact of linear consumption. Leveraging a data-driven, science-based approach, CEF collaborates with academics, researchers, industries, SMEs, and NGOs to develop practical, impactful solutions for real-world challenges.