Sustainable Energy and Technologies

Sustainable Energy and Technologies at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano trains young researchers in the field of sustainable use of resources in
the production systems of energy, of buildings, in energy final
utilisation, in the development of products and in manufacturing.

Sustainable Energy and Technologies at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano includes training to strengthen specific skills and gain knowledge about the efficient and sustainable use of resources and energy in households and buildings, power generation, manufacturing processes, transport and agriculture. Besides training, students will design a 3-year research project under the supervision of a team of lecturers and researchers aiming at exploring the field and providing an original contribution to science in the fields related to the PhD programme, such as energy production from renewable sources, thermophysics of buildings, biofuels and bioenergy, energy storage, environmental and industrial fluid mechanics, clean mobility and powertrains.

Key facts

• Given the interdisciplinary nature of the research carried out in the Faculty of Science and Technology, we welcome prospective candidates from various academic backgrounds. The ideal candidates are Engineering graduates, but the programme is also suitable for Architecture, Physics, Maths and Chemistry graduates.

Main research areas include:

• Technical and economic Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (EES) in end uses, including buildings and industrial production processes, from the user to a regional scale

• Energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality in buildings, from design to control

• Energy efficiency in production processes

• Management of energy consumption at district level, optimization of district heating systems

• Renewable Energy and Energy Conversion Technologies (RECT)

•  Exploitation of renewable energy sources (particularly biomass and biofuels, hydropower and others), environmental and industrial fluid mechanics and development of the related technologies

•  Efficiency in thermal processes, energy generation, and technologies for industrial and civil cogeneration (electrical and fluid power machines)