Systems Intelligence for Hardware Teams

Know your
product.

Sil is a spatial canvas where hardware teams map every material, supplier, and decision in their product. Change a component — cost, CO2e, and compliance status recalculate across the entire graph.

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Used by hardware studios building products for EU · US · APAC markets


The Problem

Hardware teams are building products in the dark.

Your BOM lives in a spreadsheet. Your carbon data lives in a PDF from last quarter. Your compliance status lives in someone’s inbox. None of these are connected. None of them update in real time.

When a supplier changes a sub-material, you don’t know. When an aluminium price spikes 8%, you find out on invoice day. When a regulation changes the threshold for a restricted substance, the first you hear of it is a failed audit.

Environmental data is treated as a report, not a signal. Compliance is treated as a sprint at the end of a project, not a continuous state. Supplier data is treated as static, not dynamic.

Starting 2027, EU ESPR requires Digital Product Passports for products sold in Europe. Most teams are not building the data that will generate them.

Sil was built to close that gap.

Today
BOM Spreadsheet
Carbon PDF
Compliance inbox
CAD system
With Sil
BOM
Carbon data
Compliance
CAD

PRODUCTChromaLamp Pro12.4 kg CO₂ePARTHousing8.4 kg CO₂ePARTLED Module2.8 kg CO₂eMATERIALAluminium60616.2 kg/kgMATERIALrPETSheet1.1 kg/kgMATERIALPhosphorCeramics4.2 kg/kgMATERIALBorosilicateGlass0.9 kg/kgCCB
Live CO₂e per node
Supplier linked
Material certified
Systems Map

Your product, as a connected system.

Build a living graph of your product — parts, materials, suppliers, and certifications all connected. Every node carries live data. Every relationship propagates change. When one thing shifts, you see exactly what else moves.

  • Parts, materials, and suppliers in one spatial view
  • Real-time CO₂e propagation across the full graph
  • Compliance status per node — not per spreadsheet row
  • Designed for teams that iterate fast

Life Cycle Assessment

Impact calculated.
Not estimated. Not guessed.
Calculated.

Sil runs ISO 14040-compliant LCA calculations on every node in your graph. Swap a material and the carbon footprint recalculates in under 2 seconds — across all five impact categories, from cradle to grave.

< 2s
Recalculation time
5
Impact categories
A–E
EcoScore grades
Life Cycle Assessment
ChromaLamp Pro
B
Total carbon footprint
0.0 kg CO2e
Phase Breakdown
Materials8.4 kg CO₂e
68%
Manufacturing2.7 kg CO₂e
22%
Distribution1.0 kg CO₂e
8%
End of Life0.3 kg CO₂e
2%
Impact Hotspots
Aluminium 6061 (Housing)
Primary driver53%
LED fabrication (Module)
Electronics mfg.18%
Injection moulding energy
Process energy14%

Material Intelligence

Every material has an alternative.
Now you can see the trade-off in seconds.

Select any material node. Sil surfaces alternatives with quantified CO2e delta, cost delta, and compatibility flags — ranked by impact reduction potential.

Material Explorer
Exploring alternatives for: Aluminium 6061
3 alternatives found
★ Top pick
Aluminium 6061 (95% recycled)
95% post-consumer recycled content
↓ 2.3 kg CO₂e−28%
Same machinability
Same strength class
RoHS compliant
Available from 3 verified suppliers
Magnesium AZ31B
↓ 1.1 kg CO₂e−13%
30% lighter by volume
Higher tooling cost (+12%)
Limited recycling infrastructure
2 verified suppliers
Titanium Grade 2
↑ 4.2 kg CO₂e+51%
Superior corrosion resistance
Higher cost (+240%)
Lower recyclability rate
Suitable for high-end tier only
Impact data sourced from ecoinvent 3.10. Cost estimates based on current spot prices. Compatibility assessed against part geometry and supplier capabilities.

Intelligence Feed

The world changes.
Your product should know about it.

Regulations update. Commodity prices move. Supplier compliance changes. Sil surfaces the signals that matter to your specific product — not a generic news feed, but a targeted intelligence stream tied to the nodes on your canvas.

Regulation signals
New mandates, threshold changes, substance restrictions
Market signals
Commodity prices, supplier lead times, availability alerts
LCA signals
Carbon updates, EcoScore transitions, hotspot changes
REGULATION14 Mar 2026, 09:47
EU ESPR Digital Product Passport
Mandatory DPP compliance for furniture products from January 2027. 8 of your parts flagged.
MARKET PRICE14 Mar 2026, 07:23
Aluminium spot price +8.3% this week
Affects 3 parts in ChromaLamp Pro. Est. cost impact: +$4.20/unit
LCA CHANGE14 Mar 2026, 06:01
Carbon impact reduced after material swap
Aluminium Housing: ↓ 2.3 kg CO₂e. EcoScore improved B → A.
COMPLIANCE13 Mar 2026, 16:45
RoHS compliance confirmed for 3 new materials
Borosilicate Glass, rPP, and bio-based PA added to verified library.

Digital Product Passport

Your passport builds itself.

Every material you add, every supplier you link, every LCA you run — all of it populates your Digital Product Passport automatically. When you’re ready, export a machine-readable JSON for EU compliance.

EU mandate in 230 days
Textiles & apparel2027
Furniture2027
Electronics2028–2029
Digital Product Passport
ChromaLamp Pro
sil-draft-1.0 · UID: SIL-2026-CHRM-0047
EcoScore B
Readiness: 87%
DPP Completeness87%
Materials
Manufacturing
Transport
pending 2 suppliers
End of Life
Materials
Component
Material
Mass
CO₂e
Certification
Housing
Aluminium 6061 (95% R)
320 g
2.1 kg
RoHS ✓
Diffuser
Borosilicate Glass
80 g
0.3 kg
RoHS ✓
Frame
rPP 30%GF
45 g
0.4 kg
RoHS ✓
Life Cycle Assessment
Phase
CO₂e
Share
Status
Materials
8.4 kg
68%
Verified
Manufacturing
2.7 kg
22%
Verified
Distribution
1.0 kg
8%
Estimated
End of Life
0.3 kg
2%
Modelled
Compliance
Framework
Scope
Status
Valid until
RoHS 3
All materials
Compliant
Dec 2027
REACH SVHC
Substances list
Compliant
Jun 2026
EU ESPR DPP
Product passport
In progress
Jan 2027
UID: SIL-2026-CHRM-0047

From blank canvas to compliance-ready.

01
Build your product graph
Import your BOM or start from scratch. Add parts, link materials, attach suppliers. Sil builds a live graph of your product — every node connected, every relationship tracked.
02
Run LCA and explore alternatives
Sil calculates your carbon footprint per node, per phase, per product. When you explore material alternatives, trade-offs appear immediately — CO₂e delta, cost delta, compatibility.
03
Export your DPP when ready
Your Digital Product Passport populates as you work. When your product reaches the required completeness threshold, export a machine-readable JSON that satisfies EU ESPR requirements.
Who it’s for

Built for every role on the product team.

The Designer
Industrial designers and product leads

You make material decisions every day that have environmental consequences you never see. Sil surfaces the carbon and compliance cost of each choice — before it becomes a problem in manufacturing.

  • See CO₂e impact of material choices in context
  • Explore alternatives without leaving your workflow
  • Understand compliance requirements per component
The Engineer
Mechanical and systems engineers

Your BOM is the source of truth — but it doesn't know about carbon, compliance, or supplier risk. Sil is a living BOM that propagates changes across cost, CO₂e, and regulatory status simultaneously.

  • Live BOM with carbon data per line item
  • Change propagation across the full graph
  • Supplier compliance status per component
The Studio Manager
Ops, sustainability leads, and project managers

You need to report on environmental performance, satisfy audit requests, and prepare for DPP requirements — but the data is fragmented across tools. Sil gives you a single source that updates automatically.

  • One place for all environmental data
  • DPP readiness tracked continuously
  • Audit-ready exports on demand
Research Insights — 12 Early-Access Conversations

What hardware teams told us

"Teams described their BOM as a 'living spreadsheet' with no authoritative version — changes fell through the cracks between CAD, procurement, and compliance."

Data fragmentation

"Environmental data was consistently described as a 'snapshot from last quarter' — accurate at time of report, disconnected from active design."

Static LCA

"DPP awareness was high but readiness was low — most teams expected a future sprint to 'do the compliance work,' not a continuous process."

Compliance readiness

Paraphrased themes from Sil early-access research interviews, February 2026. Not direct quotes.

Compliance

The data requirements are already in force.

The EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) entered into force in July 2024. It is not a future proposal — it is the active regulatory framework that will mandate Digital Product Passports starting with textiles and furniture in 2027, and electronics in 2028–2029.

DPP compliance is not a documentation task. It requires that your product data be structured, machine-readable, and continuously maintained. That means the work starts with your first design decision, not your last sprint before launch.

Teams building products today for European markets in 2027 and beyond need a data infrastructure that tracks materials, impacts, and compliance status from day one. That infrastructure is Sil.

ESPR in forceJul 2024
Textiles DPPJan 2027
Furniture DPPJan 2027
Electronics DPP2028–2029
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