Summer Meeting

Impact Review, the magazine of the English Operational Research Society, in its latest issue, dedicates a nice article to Optit and a mention on the cover.  The article, in addition to retracing our history and the deep ties with applied…

7th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems: we are pleased to present our experience in designing with A2A Calore e Servizi We are at the 7h International Conference on SmartEnergySystems in Copenhagen, where we are going to present with A2A Calore…

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…

Founded in 1909 as the National District Heating Association, IDEA was the first major organization to support and popularize district heating. After more than a century of activity, IDEA continues to inform, connect and promote district heating around the world…

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,…

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…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…