How can communities be ensured access to renewable, safe, and increasingly efficient energy? What infrastructures must be developed or reinforced to make cities more sustainable? Addressing today’s energy and environmental challenges requires a comprehensive approach that considers the interaction among key stakeholders—policy makers, institutions, research centers, and consumers. In this context, the EC-L – Energy Center Lab, part of Politecnico di Torino’s Energy Initiative, supports decision-making processes for emerging energy solutions. The Center is a multidisciplinary research group that shares expertise and collaborates in laboratory settings to develop integrated technologies and systems for more responsible use of resources.
Goals
- Turn energy challenges into opportunities for societal development
- Promote a low-impact energy mix to support systemic change
The EC-L Interdepartmental Centre collaborates with CIT Comitato Termotecnico Italiano - Energia e Ambiente (Italian Thermotechnical Committee - Energy and Environment)
Coordinator
- R. Borchiellini / DENERG
Steering Committee
- S. Bodoardo / DISAT
- Carlo Cambini / DIGEP e DIST
- Giorgio Guglieri / DIMEAS
- E. Patti / DAUIN e DET
- Davide Poggi / DIATI
- Alberto Tenconi / DENERG
People involved with the Center
39 faculty members, researchers, 12 PhD scholarships, 3 research grants.
The Center affiliates belong to the following Departments:
- Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)
- Department of Computer Science (DAUIN)
- Department of Energy (DENERG)
- Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET)
- Department of Environment, Territory and Infrastructure Engineering(DIATI)
- Department of Management and Production Engineering DIGEP)
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)
- Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)
- Department of Structural, Building and Geotechnical Engineering (DISEG)
- Department of Mathematical Sciences (DISMA)
- Interuniversity Department of Science, Project and Territorial Policies (DIST)