Ecomondo: designing a better world

Topics, programme and speakers make this year’s edition of the Smart Energy Systems (SES) International Conference particularly rich and relevant with current discussion about climate change. The event is expeted to be a strategic opportunity to discuss scientific findings and…

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….

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…

Maria Francesca Colombo, our HR Manager, participated in the event organized by ART-ER, International Talents Emilia-Romagna, titled “Emilia-Romagna for international talents: From the it-ER program to the new regional law 2/2023,” held at the Golinelli Foundation. The day delved into…

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…

Working and feeling good together is one of our fundamental values. Our Summer Meetings are the practical demonstration of this philosophy.

Towards the 4th generation of energy networks: online the new edition of the Digital roadmap for District heating and cooling OPTIT solutions for optimising energy production and heating and cooling infrastructure. Energy used for Heating and Cooling purposes represents approx….

On April 29, 2021, 4 pm, Daniele Vigo, VeRoLog coordinator and Optit partner, will conduct the plenary on Integrating Machine Learning into state-of-the-art Vehicle Routing Heuristics The new VeRoLog webinar series is upcoming: we are very glad to announce that…

OPTIT supports the 4th AIROYoung Workshop “New Advances in Optimization, Machine Learning and Data Science”. Bolzano, February 5-7 2020, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. We have enthusiastically seized the opportunity to be sponsors of the 4th AIROYoung Workshop “New advances in…

The two-day Retrofeed general assembly was followed by a series of workshops paving the way for the future of the project. The H2020 Retrofeed project’s general assembly just ended: interesting perspectives and food for thought for all the partners of…

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…

Save the date: next DHC+ webinar on “Upgrading heat distribution and piping technologies” will take place on June 4th at 2 pm. An essential part of DH systems is the heat distribution network, which connects heat production with final users….

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…

For the third year in a row, Optit sponsors and support the annual conference of the EURO Working Group on the Practice of OR The third edition of the EURO Practice of OR working group conference is approaching. Optit is…

After several months of development and the participation at international events, PlaMES partners meet for the periodic consortium meeting and to meet the advisory board members On October 19 and 20, one year after the kick off meeting, PlaMES consortium…