Alberto Poggio

Tenured Assistant Professor
Department of Energy (DENERG)

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Profile

Research interests

Cogenerazione
Decarbonizzazione
Efficienza energetica
Fonti rinnovabili
Pianificazione
Teleriscaldamento

Biography

Born in Torino, 1971 July 18th Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1997, Masters in Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis in 1998 and PhD in Energetics in 2003, at the Politecnico di Torino. Assistant Professor in Energy and Environmental Systems at the Energy Department of Politecnico di Torino. His research fields are biomass-to-energy and waste-to-energy, CHP plants and district heating systems. He is scientific supervisor for numerous research projects and contracts funded by the Piedmont Region, local authorities and energy service companies. Lecturer at the degree course in Energy Engineering of the Polytechnic of Turin, in the courses of Fundamentals of Machines and CHP Plants. He is supervisor/tutor of numerous bachelor's, master's and PhD theses. From March 2018 to March 2024 Energy Manager and and Co-coordinator of the "Energy and Climate Change" area of the Green Team of the Politecnico di Torino, where he defined the planning and implementation of the short-term actions of the University's Decarbonization Plan. From January 2021 to July 2023 Coordinator of the CU3 Curriculum – "Technology and Territory" in the National Doctorate in Sustainable Development and Climate Change at IUSS Pavia.

Scientific branch

IIND-06/B - Energy Systems and Power Generation
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_6 - Energy processes engineering

SDG

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 13: Climate action

Other titles

  • Energy Manager di Ateneo (Responsabile per la conservazione e l'uso razionale dell'energia) e co-coordinatore dell’ambito “Energia e Cambiamento Climatico” del Green Team del Politecnico di Torino. (2024-2024)
  • Coordinatore del gruppo di lavoro “Energia” nella Rete delle Università per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile (RUS) (2016-2023)
  • Coordinatore Curriculum CU3 – Technology and Territory Dottorato Nazionale in Sustainable Development and Climate change, IUSS Pavia. (2021-2023)

Non-commercial collaboration agreements

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • DOTTORATO NAZIONALE IN SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE E CAMBIAMENTO CLIMATICO, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
    I.U.S.S. - Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori - PAVIA

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Other activities and projects related to teaching

Professor of Fundamentals of Thermal Machines and Cogeneration Plants in the Degree Course in Energy Engineering.

Research

Research groups

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

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Projects funded by commercial contracts

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Other activities and projects related to research

Researcher in Energy and Environmental Systems.

From March 2018 to March 2024 Energy Manager and co-coordinator of the "Energy and Climate Change" area of the Green Team of the Politecnico di Torino. From Novembre 2016 to November 2022 Coordinator of the working group "Energy" in the Network of Universities for Sustainable Development (RUS). From January 2021 to July 2023 Curriculum CU3 – Technology and Territory in the National PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change, IUSS Pavia.

His main research fields concern energy and environmental planning, the decarbonization of urban and industrial energy systems, cogeneration plants and district heating systems, the energy use of biomass and waste. Author of scientific publications in journals and in international conferences. Principal investigator for european and regional research projects, and consulting and research contracts for local authorities, energy operators and industrial companies.

Publications

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