Summer Meeting 2024

A further opportunity to contribute to the development of district energy in Europe. Optit’s involvement in the DHC+, technological platform of Euroheat & Power, has always been more than a formal membership, but rather an active contribution with our research,…

Fabrizio Detassis has happily completed his doctoral thesis on Machine Learning and Constrained Optimization. In the context of industrial problems, the application of constrained optimization is one of the most powerful, explored and exploited tools for addressing prescriptive tasks. The…

AGFW, the German association for district heating, promotes a series of online events dedicated to the study of technical topics to its members. The last of these events “Software and tools for district heating applications #09” takes place online on…

February 11th marks the International Day of Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). Science and gender equality are two development goals within the Agenda 2030 for sustainability. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization dedicates February 11th each…

Initially planned to include one of the key annual events for the Italian district heating community, to be held in Bologna (Italy) under the auspices of AIRU, current circumstances are forcing the UpgradeDH partners to gather for the periodic progress…

Optit’s expertise in advanced energy analytics was selected by Con Edison (one of the largest utility in the United States) to analyze New York’s district energy and steam system. Using our proprietary algorithms, we will analyze the daily flows to…

The last week has been particularly inspiring for us in Optit! After having followed the developments of  COP26, that requires all of us take more responsibility in contributing to the decarbonisation challenge (and we are proud to be in the…

Discover more about the 17th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling Today and tomorrow I’ll take part in this interesting Programme in Nottingham where I’ll speak about the correct functioning of district heating networks and minimise critical failures. It…

The Italian magazine Servizi a Rete presents UpgradeDH, the EU H2020 project for the renovation and improvement of the performance of district heating systems in Europe, where Optit participate as major technical partner. Nowadays, the urban planning strategies adopted by…

Three days, from June 24th to June 26th, of discussions about policies, regulatory framework and solution for future energy infrastructures. The EU objective towards 2050 is to have a carbon neutral economy. This can be accomplished by investing heavily on…

Optit is now online with a completely re-designed site As a leader in digital innovation for businesses, we have placed our trust in Jack Blutharsky, a Bologna-based company, to re-think our website from the ground up. Mathematics and communication merge…

This year, Optit once again participated as a sponsor at the International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science (ODS) organized by AIRO, the Italian Operations Research Society. The conference addressed key topics in the fields of operations research, optimization, problem-solving,…

It was a pleasure to participate and contribute to the “Virtual District Heating Visit to Denmark” held on December 2nd to present to a wide range of Italian Utilities and AIRU members the “Danish way” to District Heating & Cooling….

Initiating project H2020 for the development of an integrated planning instrument for multi-energy systems PLAMES is a project financed by the European Union and directed by Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Germany) in partnership with the University of Bologna, OPTIT and…

There are many small islands in the world that do not have a proper connection to the main grids. This results in low energy efficiency and high environmental impact, a condition that is not sustainable anymore. The disadvantages are also…