Positive Energy Districts: a UniPa la Summer School dell’Agenzia Internazionale dell’Energia
Dal 16 al 20 giugno 2025, l’Università degli Studi di Palermo ospita la quarta edizione della PhD Summer School IEA EBC Annex 83, iniziativa formativa promossa dall’Agenzia Internazionale dell’Energia (IEA) nell’ambito del programma Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC). Intitolata Understanding Positive Energy Districts: Case-Studies Analyses for Replication, la Summer School è curata dal Dipartimento di Ingegneria in partnership con il Centro per la Sostenibilità e la Transizione Ecologica d’Ateneo (CSTE). Presidente del comitato scientifico Francesco Guarino, professore associato del Dipartimento e Operating Agent di IEA EBC Annex 83.
Per cinque giorni, 30 dottorandi internazionali si confronteranno con esperti di rilievo mondiale per approfondire teoria e pratiche dei Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) - distretti urbani in grado di produrre più energia di quanta ne consumino. Le attività si svolgeranno nella suggestiva cornice dell’Orto Botanico di Palermo, promuovendo lo scambio interdisciplinare e la cooperazione scientifica.
La Summer School si svolge nell’ambito del progetto Positive Energy Districts: verso applicazioni di Sostenibilità Energetico-Ambientale (PED-SEA), finanziato attraverso bando a cascata del progetto PNRR Rome Technopole.
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From June 16 to 20, 2025, the University of Palermo will host the IV IEA EBC Annex 83 PhD Summer School, a high-level educational initiative promoted by the International Energy Agency through its Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme (EBC). Titled “Understanding Positive Energy Districts: Case-Studies Analyses for Replication”, the Summer School will be hosted by the Department of Engineering of the University of Palermo and co-hosted by the Centre for Sustainability and Ecological Transition (CSTE). The event is chaired by Francesco Guarino, Associate Professor at UNIPA and Operating Agent of IEA EBC Annex 83.
Over the course of five days, 30 international PhD students will join leading experts to explore the theory and practice of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) - urban areas that produce more energy than they consume. Lectures, panels, and workshops will be held in the historic setting of Palermo’s Orto Botanico, encouraging interdisciplinary exchange and cultural interaction.
The Summer School is held within the project “Positive Energy Districts: verso applicazioni di Sostenibilità Energetico-Ambientale (PED-SEA)”, funded through a cascade grant (bando a cascata) of the Rome Technopole initiative, under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.5, supported by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
