This course introduces key quantitative and conceptual tools for analysing energy systems and sustainability challenges, with a strong focus on pubblication-relevant applications.
The first Lesson deepens first the methodological perspective and introduces manuscript preparation and the structure of scientific work, from abstracts to conclusions. The second unit guides learners through the paper submission and publishing process, including editorial handling and revisions. Unit 1.3 focuses on peer review, its purposes, ethical principles, and the role of reviewers in ensuring scientific quality.
Lesson 2 indeed provides the analytical foundations. Unit 2.1 frames energy as a driver of human development and highlights the physical, social, and environmental limits that shape sustainable energy transitions. Unit 2.2 introduces energy system modelling as a decision-support tool, focusing on bottom-up optimisation models, scenario analysis, uncertainty, and the role of open and transparent modelling, illustrated through real-world case studies. Unit 2.3 presents life-cycle thinking and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), explaining how environmental impacts can be quantified across entire supply chains using process-based, input–output, and hybrid approaches, and why assumptions and system boundaries matter for policy conclusions.
Together, the course equips students with a coherent framework to analyse energy systems quantitatively, interpret sustainability impacts, and engage professionally with scientific research and publishing.
- Docente: Giorgio Besagni
- Docente: Nicolò Stevanato
- Docente: Francesco Tonini