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A System of Cyber-Physical Systems (SoCPS) is a sensible combination of individual cyber-physical systems (CPS) to realise new functions digitalised and exposed as services in the internet. The Industry 4.0 concept also pursues this approach and thus realises flexible and individual production by implementing new functions on the shop floor and intelligently linking production lines. Due to this increased flexibility, environmental influences during the production process are becoming increasingly important. This work proposes an approach to integrate the influence of environmental parameters in relation to the behaviour of SoCPS. For this, the general use of environmental parameters with SoCPS is shown with their significance for Industry 4.0-compliant solutions. Furthermore, it will present how the environmental parameters can be measured and used by means of a cyber-physical sensor system developed and implemented conforming to RAMI4.0 specifications.