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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]