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 […]
Monthly Archives: December 2022
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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 […]