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ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE - MODULE B
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ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE - MODULE B
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Academic year 2023/2024
- Course ID
- STS0447
- Teacher
- Remigio Berruto (Course owner)
- Degree course
- Cultural Heritage and Creativity for tourism and territorial development
- Year
- 2nd year
- Teaching period
- First semester
- Type
- Affine or integrative
- Credits/Recognition
- 8
- Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
- AGR/08 - agricultural hydraulics and watershed protection
- Delivery
- Mixed
- Language
- English
- Attendance
- Optional
- Type of examination
- Written with oral to follow
- Type of learning unit
- modulo
- Modular course
- ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE (STS0447)
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
Aim of this module is to complement student’s interdisciplinary preparation in the tourism and territorial development sector with targeted environmental science contents, mainly aimed at identifying those natural resources usable to obtain energy.
Transfer knowledge about the characteristics of the environment that allows to exploit renewable energy.
Description of main sources of renewable energy with focus on solar thermal, hydropower, photovoltaic and biomass and their exploitation with small scale plants.
Combination of energy saving with renewable energy production toward a zero fossil fuel use.
Positive aspects of the transition toward increased energy saving and use of renewable energies on climate change mitigation, adaptation, social inclusion, tourism.
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Results of learning outcomes
At the end of this module the students will be able to:
Understand climate change
Understand the opportunities related to the use of renewable energy for territory and tourism development
Criticize installations of renewable energy production in different domains
Evaluate the opportunities on renewable energy exploitation for Cultural Heritage
Evaluate the potential impact of renewable energies on the energy transition and climate change adaptation and mitigation
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Program
Units of measure in the field of energy.
Business model canvas dedicated to the exploitation of renewable energies for tourism and and territorial development
Climate change fact, global climate change and local impacts.
Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures.
Energy communities.
Introduction to design and operation of biomass plant.
Introduction to design and operation of photovoltaic plant.
Introduction to design and operation of solar thermal plant.
Opportunities within the use of renewable energies for tourism and territorial development.
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Course delivery
Frontal lectures delivered in presence.
In class exercises will be presented and discussed, with a collaborative work, to engage students.
The attendance is optional, anyway strongly recommended.
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Learning assessment methods
The final assessment will be on online exam with delivery of written report as a groupwork, that will add point to the written/online exam
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Support activities
Visit to renewable energies installations. Mentoring of groupwork on preparation of written report and presentation
Students with learning disabilities can find information on the university facilities, on study support, and on the exam procedures at the following links:
SERVICES
https://www.unito.it/accoglienza-studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsaSUPPORT
https://www.unito.it/servizi/lo-studio/studenti-con-disabilitaEXAMS
https://www.unito.it/servizi/lo-studio/studenti-e-studentesse-con-disabilita/supporto-studenti-e-studentesse-conSuggested readings and bibliography
- Enroll
- Open
- Enrollment opening date
- 01/09/2023 at 08:00
- Enrollment closing date
- 29/06/2024 at 20:00
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