Promoters

CIRPS

Interuniversity Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Sapienza - University of Rome. The institutional mission is promote and carry out research, education and cooperation activities for an economic and social sustainable development, cooperating with enterprises and international agencies and networks. It belongs to "Sapienza - University of Rome” and encompasses nine Italian universities. The main research areas of CIRPS’ Energy and Environment Group are related to natural resources “close cycles” scheme, and focused on “zero emission” innovative energy systems in transport and stationary sectors, renewable energy resources and hydrogen energy system.

ITAE-CNR

Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy “Nicola Giordano”, Italian National Research Council. It carries out researches on technologies for energy applications, aimed to improve efficiency and reduce the environmental impacts of energy production, transformation and storage processes. Currently almost all ITAE activities are focused on fuel cells and related systems development. Most of the research is conducted within National and European projects and financed by both government and industry funds.

ENEA

Italian national agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development. It is a public body committed to supporting national competitiveness policies and sustainable economic development in the field of energy, environment and innovation technology in Italy. The "Advanced technologies for energy and industry Technical Unit" and the "Renewable energy sources Technical Unit" carry out, among others activities, vast research programmes on electrochemical accumulators for mobile and stationary applications (e.g. lithium advanced batteries, electrochemical supercapacitors) and on hydrogen systems with superior energy performance and eco-friendly materials. In addition, the "Low environment impact vehicles laboratory" performs experimental tests on new components for hybrid and electric vehicles, and new fuel mixtures with low CO2 emissions.

Scientific Partners

TURIN POLYTECHNIC

The Royal Turin Politechnic was founded in 1906. following the model of the most famous European Polytechnic Schools, at the beginning of the 20th Century. It had various objectives and it began to contact both the European scientific world and local and national industry. The polytecnic culture combines technology and history knowledge, capability to carry out theoretic and applied research, positively affecting the world of industry. students coming to tutin from different parts of Italy immediately perceive a creative and enthusiastic atmosphere everywhere. The future is right there.

POLOIDROGENO REGIONE LAZIO

A project by Lazio Region where GEA-Energy and Environment Research Group of Cirps-Sapienza University of Rome plays the protagonist role for the creation of an applied research center on hydrogen, key factor in the development of renewables sources of energy. City of Civitavecchia and Port Authority are coinvolved in the achievement of this ambitious goal.

ENVIPARK

Turin Environment Park was founded in 1996 on the initiative of the Piedmont Region, the Province of Turin, the Municipality of Turin and the European Union. It represents an original experience among the science and technology parks of Europe in the sense that it combines innovation technology with eco-efficiency. As a whole, Environment Park covers an area of about 30.000 square meters consisting of laboratories, offices and service centers in a building environment that uses low environmental impact solutions.
Environment Park blends with the innovation support strategy that identifies the Piedmont territory and acts as a link between Research and the industrial system.

CENTRE FOR TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

The Centre for Transport and Logistics (CTL) of Sapienza - University of Rome was selected in 2003 by the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research as Italy’s centre of excellence in transport and logistics. CTL’s mission covers both advanced research on transport systems and logistics and practical applications for government and industry. For example, CTL studies trends in supply chain management and develops new logistic models. It is committed to improving transport sustainability and helps small- and medium-sized Italian enterprises in the transport and logistics sector introduce information and communications technologies (ITC).

DME - Department of Mechanics and Energy of the University "Guglielmo Marconi".

The department promotes and coordinates research activities in the fields of: mechanics and energy, thermo-fluid dynamic, thermo and electro chemistry, electrical engineering, transport, energy vectors, traditional and innovative energy systems, environmental impacts of energy systems, sustainability science; with main activity focused on analysis, development, management and optimization of sustainable energy systems through experimental characterization and simulation models. Headquartered in Rome, in Via Virgilio 8, the DME has established a doctoral in Energy Systems, which has for its object the research on sustainable conversion systems for diversification of sources and vectors, use of local and renewable resources, distributed generation and intelligent energy networks, stationary and mobility energy systems emissions reduction, development of hybrid, electrical and hydrogen powertrains.

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