The Rome Technopole Project: Energy Transition and Digital Transition in Urban Regeneration and Construction
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 89
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy; digital systems; built environment; sustainability; heat and mass transfer; bioregenerative systems; computational fluid dynamics; extender reality; cultural heritage; system integration; machine learning; aerospace systems
Interests: built environment; bioclimatic design; energy and environment; climate change; sustainability; green and circular economy; innovative materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to present a range of research from the Flagship 2 Project "Energy and Digital Transition in Urban Regeneration and Buildings". This project focuses on digital and green technologies for urban and building regeneration that align with the green city approach, which assumes ecological quality as a strategic priority to ensure sustainability and resilience. The project is promoted by the regional innovation ecosystem Rome Technopole, funded by the European Union through the Next-Generation EU National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.5. The scope of this Special issue includes digital transition, zero emissions in buildings, sustainable mobility and transport, urban regeneration, education and training activities, scaling up technologies on the market, and the enhancement of public awareness and engagement in order to promote the culture of digital transition and green technologies. This Special Issue will be dedicated to the best research developed within the NRRP Flagship Project 2. High-quality research articles, case studies and review articles will be considered eligible for publication.
Project link: https://rometechnopole.it/progetti-flagship-project-2/
Project partners: University of Rome La Sapienza, Coima REM S.r.l., University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Roma Tre, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, University of Tuscia, LUISS University, University of Rome—Campus Bio-Medico, CNR—National Research Council, ENEA, INFN—National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Almaviva S.p.A., BV-Tech S.p.A.
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Dr. Luca Gugliermetti
Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Tucci
Prof. Dr. Giovenale Anna Maria
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy transition
- urban regeneration
- digital transition
- built environment
- sustainability
- green economy
- hydrogen
- waste management
- smart mobility
- national recovery and resilience plan
- Rome technopole
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