It is more important than ever for companies to be able to use their products in an energy-efficient and resource-saving manner. This applies in particular to capital goods, which have a long service life and therefore a strong influence on a company’s life cycle assessment. With the SAE Sustainable Configuration function, SAE CPQ provides users with an overview of the sustainability level of the available product variants during product configuration. With the help of the stored sustainability features, product variants can be specifically selected during the sales pitch that both meet the application requirements of future customers and have a high level of sustainability. The product variants can be easily evaluated using features such as emissions, water consumption or power consumption in the configuration. These values are displayed to users in real time during the guided configuration for each available and 100% buildable product. The most sustainable product in terms of characteristics is clearly marked visually and the most environmentally friendly alternative is highlighted.