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 […]
Tomáš Mildorf
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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 […]
The book Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies provides state-of-the-art coverage in both non-fossil energy conversion and storage techniques, as well as in their environmental assessment. This includes goal and scope, analysis boundaries, inventory and the impact assessment employed for the evaluation of these applications, as well as the […]
Rural territories desire to lead the ecology transition. In September 2022, the CLER non-governmental organization for environment protection and energy transition signed a partnership agreement with the French Association of Rural Mayors (AMRF). The two organizations have thus committed to reinforcing reciprocal knowledge exchange and training activities. This cooperation is […]
Montpellier city in the South of France has been one of LOTUS case study sites, where we focused on sustainable urban development projects. In Summer 2022, Montpellier metropolitan authorities renewed their contract with the electricity distribution network operator ENEDIS regarding planned investments and maintenance activities. The aim of estimated €280M […]
Bordeaux port city in the West of France has been one of LOTUS case study sites, where we focused on sustainable urban development projects. Two local heat distribution networks were created in the mid-2010s in the redesigned Bassins à Flot district to supply thermal energy to households, offices and commercial […]
The serious game “urbEN”, developed in the framework of the Erasmus+ project “LOTUS”, will be experimented at Politecnico di Torino in the bachelor degree’s course “Economic feasibility of plans and project” (professor I. Lami). The game will be played on 21st and 22nd November in the bachelor programme in “Territorial, Urban, […]
Politecnico di Torino presents, in synergy with local players, a permanent biennial event dedicated to technology’s decisive impact on each aspect of human life – from health to environment, from interpersonal relationships to democracy: Biennale Tecnologia. Biennale Tecnologia is a wide-ranging event that offers to the citizenry an articulated, inclusive and accessible […]
In the framework of the Erasmus+ project “LOTUS”, Politecnico di Torino proposes a Ph.D. course entitled “Learning by playing: Urban energy transition as a Serious Game” (professors F. Abastante and G. Cotella). The course will be held in January 2023 in the interuniversity Ph.D. programme in “Urban and Regional Development”: […]