The atelier focuses on the decision-making process in the context of societal transition. It introduces the challenge of sustainable communities posed by United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 11) and it illustrates from a theoretical and practical viewpoint the main assessment and management methods and tools in support of complex and 'wicked' problems related to energy transition. Specific attention is paid to systemic and multidisciplinary approaches. All theoretical topics are intertwined with workshops and interactive sessions carried out within smaller groups of students. The university campus and urban districts are used as demonstrators and virtual laboratories, to visualize the practical impact of the decision-making processes studied at the urban district level.

At the end of the course students are able to: - identify and analyze trade-offs and synergies between SDG 11, aimed at "Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable", and SDGs 7 “Affordable Clean Energy”. These two topics will be also connected to SDGs 12 (Circular economy) and 13 (Climate change). Thanks to system thinking approaches, students will be able to acquire capacity for viewing problems and human action as interconnected wholes and for understanding the (often lagged) feedback loops that may make complexity very difficult to address through the traditional, linear modeling processes; - connect decision-making and sustainable urban development with the paradigm of complexity and interdisciplinary. Thanks to the illustration and application of methods and approaches based on environmental economics, multicriteria analysis and systems thinking, students will be able to understand the big picture around a problem and forecast its long-term evolution rather than concentrating on specific, short-term cause-effect relationships; - understand and connect scientific knowledge with decision-making problems at urban district level, by means of a rigorous definition of sustainability challenges in terms of measurable levels and flows of common resources (such as air quality) and an ability to build mental models of the complex net of cause-effect relationships that revolve around such common resources; - analyze the pros and cons of alternatives towards sustainable communities, using the evaluation methods illustrated in this course; - apply in real case studies sustainable development actions thanks to the interactive workshops applied during the class.

A basic GIS knowledge and Agenda 2030 (on-line free course available on the portal) are the only pre-requirements.

The Atelier includes three main themes with sub-themes as follows: ENERGY TRANSITION AND ENERGY MODELING • Energy challenges in urban context • Energy modelling of buildings at urban scale • Energy atlases and open databases • Energy efficiency measures • Renewable energy technologies • Self-consumption and energy independence communities PROJECT CYCLE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION METHODS • Project cycle management/SWOT analysis/Stakeholders analysis • Cost Benefit Analysis, Environmental Economics • Multi attribute Utility and Multi Criteria Evaluation • Environmental rating protocols (e.g. LEED, Itaca, etc.) SYSTEM THINKING APPROACHES, DYNAMIC SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS • System thinking, Scenario workshops and Storytelling methods • Multicriteria GIS-based theories and application The three blocs will include interactive laboratories and workshops where students have the opportunity to apply the theories presented in each part.

Due to the nature of the Atelier, a support in the interactive workshop development from 2 external collaborators is required.

The structure of the course requires: 60 h of face-to-face theories and 60 h of exercise and application in classroom, including students group interacting workshops supported by lecturer collaborators. This learning approach and structure will be also possible in case of distance learning, by using on-line BBB platform opening a number of virtual rooms where students can interact and provide results which will discuss during plenary session.

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Modalità di esame: Prova scritta (in aula); Prova orale obbligatoria; Elaborato progettuale in gruppo;

Exam: Written test; Compulsory oral exam; Group project;

... The assessment is expressed in 30/30 marks and the criteria guiding the evaluation are the followings: a) comprehension of the topics; b) ability to present adequately the topic; c) ability to understand the implications of real-world case studies and the connections with other topics. The exams is consisting of three mandatory parts as follows. 1. An individual written test, which will be multiple choices. The weight of this written test is 1/3 of the total. 2. An oral exam for each group presenting the workshop's results and exercises. The portfolio includes all workshop results and classroom exercises. The weight of this oral test is 2/3 of the total. The written exams will focus on the theoretical approaches and methodologies illustrated in the three modules.

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.