Yearly Archives: 2022

Grenoble city in central France has been one of LOTUS case study sites, where we focused specifically on thermal retrofit projects in collective housing estates, carried out by Grenoble-Alpes Metropolitan public authority since 2010 (“MurMur I” project: 2010-2014, “MurMur II” project: 2016-2020). Since the publication of the Climate-Air-Energy Plan in […]

How to handle an environmental/urban decision problem with many alternatives and the presence of several interdependent criteria? A new paper by Francesca Abastante, Salvatore Corrente, Salvatore Greco and Isabella Lami proposes an integrated MCDA (Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding) approach illustrated by the comparison of alternative projects for the reuse of […]

Promoted by CRUI – The Conference of Italian University Rectors – since July 2016, the Italian University Network for Sustainable Development (RUS) mark the first experience of information sharing and coordination among all Italian universities committed to the topic of environmental sustainability and social responsibility. The main goal of RUS is […]

A new chapter by Isabella Lami, Federica Rotondo, Francesca Abastante and Giancarlo Cotella introduces and discusses an innovative educational approach to complement new and existing architecture and spatial planning courses with a perspective focusing on the governance of urban sustainability and energy transition. The chapter is part of “The Palgrave […]

A very interesting, however not scientific, article in The New Yorker on Germany’s way to exit coal for energy production and its economic impact as well as political resentment. Can Germany be a role model for other countries, like the US? Read more at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/07/can-germany-show-us-how-to-leave-coal-behind

Germany is trying to compensate for the negative effects of the high energy prices resulting from the war in Ukraine. Read more at https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/third-german-energy-relief-package-introduces-power-price-brake-windfall-taxes-and-freezes-co2-price

Bad news about the consequences of Russia’s attack on Ukraine can be good news for the local energy transition. Read more at https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/rising-prices-and-climate-top-worries-germany-energy-transition-seen-solution

The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) brings together public authorities, private companies, projects, NGOs and consumers to promote initiatives to save energy and move towards renewables for clean, secure and efficient energies. The 2022 edition of EUSEW will take place in a hybrid format: both participants and speakers will be able to […]

The New Green Savings Programme of the Ministry of the Environment is administered by the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic and is one of the most effective programmes in the Czech Republic focused on energy savings in family houses and apartment buildings. It supports the reduction of the […]