This year the Polytechnic of Turin will participate again at “M’illumino di meno”, the initiative of the broadcast of Radio Rai “Caterpillar” to promote the energy saving and the virtuous behaviours in the field of environmental sustainability, that has already reached the 14th edition.
The two scheduled meetings are part of the actions promoted by the Green Team of the Polytechnic of Turin an organization born at the Polytechnic to promote activities of promotion of virtuous behaviours by the point of view of sustainability and to take a shared path of validation of the institute as a sustainable campus.
The following two are the initiatives promoted by the Polytechnic:
Today, Thursday 22nd February, at 7 pm
“Caccia al kWh” in Italian Universities
On 22nd February the Green Team of the Polytechnic of Turin will promote the “Caccia al kWh”, a flash mob during which students and staff will turn off the lights after the time of use in the rooms of the headquarter of the University, but they will also close windows and doors that entail a waste of electricity or heat energy for heating: a symbolic act to show the right use of energy. The results of the campaign will be monitored live in the Living LAB, by measuring the reduction of energy consumption of the University. The event will end with a refreshment by candlelight for all the participants.
This year the initiatives of “M’illumino di meno” are promoted in the field of the Rete delle Università per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile (RUS), that gathers together 55 Italian Universities. On 22nd February from 6pm to 9pm, the “Caccia al kWh” will take place simultaneously in different universities, in order to involve a bigger audience for the actions of research on the waste of energy in the headquarters of the universities. The main goal is to sensitise people of the universities towards an individual contribution that everyone of us can offer on the topic of energy-saving, becoming with little inattentions, that all together can have a significant impact on the energy consumption of the universities.
SCHEDULE:
7 pm: gathering in the courtyard of the Rectorship
After that: formation of groups and campaign of light out and reduction of energy waste
At the end: refreshment by candlelight for all the participants in the atrium of the Sala Consiglio di Facoltà.
23rd February 2018, 10 am – Auditorium Energy Centre
“M’illumino con meno. Un anno dopo” seminar
On 23rd February the Green Team organizes the event “M’illumino con meno. Un anno dopo”, focused on the topic of energy efficiency in the lighting. A year ago, on the occasion of the “M’Illumino di meno 2017”, the Polytechnic had started an experimentation on the use of intelligent LED lighting with the involvement of some professionals of the sector. The conference will be the perfect opportunity to present the results of the campaigns carried out in the Living LAB, before and after the replacement operation. The data show significant savings, by highlighting the effect achieved with the addition of occupancy and light sensors. The experimentation carried out in some rooms of the headquarter (some offices, a hallway and a technical room) will give some useful information for the planning of more extended interventions in universities. The issue is topical for the Public Administration, also in relation to the offered possibilities of the current incentives.
SCHEDULE:
- 10 am: institutional greetings
- 10:10 am: introduction
Giovanni Vincenzo Fracastoro | GreenTeam of the Polytechnic of Turin , Energy Manager
Alberto Poggio | Rete delle Università per lo Sviluppo sostenibile (RUS), Coordinator of the Energy working group
- 10:40 am: M’illumino con meno: the development of the experimentation and the first results
Giulio Cerino Abdin | GreenTeam of the Polytechnic of Turin, Manager of the Energy working group
Chiara Aghemo | Energy Department “Galileo Ferraris”, Environmental and Technical Physicist .
Rossella Taraglio, Gabriele Piccablotto | Architecture and Design Department , Laboratory of Analysis and Modelling of Environmental Systems (LAMSA).
Fabrizio Tondaroc | Construction and Logistic of the Polytechnic of Turin
11:40 M’illumino con meno: the point of view of operators.
Round table discussion with the representatives of the industrial workers involved in the experimentation..
12:10 Questions and debate.
