Independence through better products : Gammel Engineering GmbH

14.04.2022

Independence through better products

It becomes clear that sustainability requires a holistic view of the cybernetic model of sector coupling:

Energy and resource independence requires the joint consideration of energy and material cycles. We combine combined heat, power and cooling with mobility, but also with the use of raw materials and resources in production.

The EU Commission's new Circular Economy Action Plan calls for products of the future to be more durable, robust, repairable and recyclable. The aim is to put a stop to waste and the throwaway mentality. Repairing instead of disposing is finally being rediscovered and will lead to significantly more resource independence.

Eco-design requirements have already saved €120 billion in energy costs in 2021. The EU Commission's draft Sustainable Products Initiative extends the requirements to many more product groups. The task now is to create the technical prerequisites for designing the products of the future with a much longer service life so that they can also be easily repaired and recycled. This also requires free and easy access to repair and maintenance instructions and the renaissance of a spare parts market with corresponding logistics.

The era of cheap and disposable products is giving way to sustainability - one of the few positive aspects of the massive upheavals of the past two years...

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