Yearly Archives: 2022

The French community energy company network Centrales Villageoises was initiated in the early 2010s by the regional authority Rhône-Alpes as an operational model for local energy project development. Since then, more than 50 local joint stock companies have been created within the Centrales Villageoises network. Local public authorities and local […]

In the framework of LOTUS research, we conducted several case studies on thermal retrofit projects across European countries. Today, as uncertainties regarding energy prices are growing, communities and businesses are looking for means to facilitate the thermal retrofit of their buildings. In France, “Doremi” concept in Drôme department and “Mur […]

Lithium is an increasingly critical mineral given its role in electrochemical storage – a central asset in many technological solutions of the ongoing energy transition. Today, lithium-ion batteries appear in diverse use cases within electricity systems: from small-scale batteries in households to large-scale storage units on industrial sites. There is […]

We are glad to share the call for abstracts for a Special Issue of the European Journal of Spatial Development. The Special Issue will be edited by Federica Rotondo (Politecnico di Torino), Francesca Bragaglia (Politecnico di Torino), Luca Tricarico (CNR-IRCRES), and Matteo Zulaniello (RSE-Ricerca Sistema Energetico). EJSD is an open […]

As part of the “Theories and Tools for Real Estate Valuations” course (Prof. Francesca Abastante and Dr. Elena Todella), architecture students were involved in a seminar on how to communicate urban transformation, sustainability and the green transition through data and maps. A more integrated and interdisciplinary approach, as in the […]

Coordinated by Professor Isabella Lami and funded by the DIST – Dip. Interateneo di Scienze, Progetto e Politiche del Territorio (Politecnico di Torino), the research project “QUICHE. Which measurement for which policies? Towards SDG 11” explores the role of measurement within the concepts of inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and is […]

The serious game “urbEN” was experimented on the 21st and 22nd November at Politecnico di Torino in the bachelor degree’s course “Economic feasibility of plans and project” (professor I. Lami). The serious game has been tested in the framework of the bachelor program in “Territorial, Urban, Environmental and Landscape Planning”.

urbEN is a print&play educative urban planning role-playing game in which students and teachers are be able to test and implement new energy concepts in a dynamic framework. It’s been developed as part of the LOTUS project. After multiple testing and validation iterations, urbEN is now available for download and […]

The LOTUS project was presented in the keynote panel of the final conference of the Spationomy 2.0 project. During the event, multiple games created within the Spationomy 2.0 project were shown and played. The variety of games designed mostly by students was amazing.

As part of a study and game day organized by the Department of Urban Engineering of the University Gustave Eiffel and the UTC of Compiègne, Geertje Bekebrede from the University of Delft will speak on the topic of “Power of Games in Energy Transition Challenges”. When: Thursday, November 24 at […]