Energy management and renewable sources

Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: ALBERTO FICHERA

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course aims to provide knowledge of energy management, describing the concepts of energy efficiency and energy saving as well as the ISO 50001 standards. It also covers renewable energy sources, offering a technological overview and the principles of operation and sizing. Throughout the course, practical applications relevant to the industrial sector will be carried out, with particular attention to climate change.

Course Structure

he course is delivered through lectures and in-class exercises.

Required Prerequisites

Corso di Fisica Tecnica

Attendance of Lessons

Students are required to attend at least 70% of the course lectures, in accordance with the Teaching Regulations of the Master’s Degree (MSc) in Management Engineering. Registration for the course on Microsoft Teams is mandatory.

Detailed Course Content

The module explores non-renewable and renewable energy sources, clarifying their definitions and typical applications, and then moves to the design criteria for systems that harness renewables. It examines incentive frameworks that promote renewable deployment and explains how the energy market is structured and operates. After defining energy efficiency, the course reviews national measures that encourage it, and introduces energy management through concrete procedures and case studies, with reference to both national and international regulations and standards. Particular attention is given to statistical techniques for Energy Monitoring & Targeting (M&T) in industrial contexts, alongside the energy audit and the criteria used to assess energy performance. Finally, the module outlines what is meant by climate change, revisits the Kyoto Protocol, and considers national and international policy scenarios and actions in response to the climate crisis.

Course Planning

	Subjects	Text References
1	Introduzione al corso, definizioni e unità di misura	Testo 2: Cap 1 Materiale su Team
2	Valutazione dei consumi globali di energia. Esercitazione.	Materiale su Team
3	Esercitazione sulle grandezze fondamentali e sulle unità di misura	Materiale su Team
4	Introduzione ai Cambiamenti climatici : dal Protocollo di Kyoto al COP21	www.unfccc.int (pagina sul Protocollo di Kyoto), www.ipcc.ch (pagina su AR5) Materiale su Team
5	Analisi dei dati statistici dell'energia	Materiale su Team
6	Fonti di energia non-rinnovabili: carbone, petrolio e gas naturale.	Testo 3: petrolio 69-73, 155-156, 169-173; carbone 93-94, 167-169; Materiale su Team
7	Fonti di energia non-rinnovabili carbone, petrolio e gas naturale	Testo 3: gas pag. 55-56 pag 162-163; Materiale su Team
8	Fonti di energia rinnovabili: energia eolica e fotovoltaico	Testo 1 N. 13 sino a pag.43 e Testo 1 N.10 sino a pag.26 escluso par. 1.6, 2.1, 2.3.
9	Caratterizzazione dei consumi energetici	Testo 4 Cap. 3 sino a p. 3.3.4 incluso
10	Efficienza energetica: definizione ed applicazioni	Testo 4 Cap. 5 Testo 2
11	Indici di consumo energetico	Testo 4 Cap. 7
12	La Gestione dell’Energia: obiettivi e compiti. Standard di riferimento	Testo 2 Cap. 7 sino a par. 7.4 compreso
13	Procedure di Energy Management	Testo 2 Cap. 9 sino a par 9.3 compreso
14	L’Audit di un Sistema Energetico	Testo 2 Cap. 5 pag. 138-143
15	. Il Controllo di un Sistema di Gestione Energetica	Testo 2 Cap. 8 p. 8.1 e p. 8.2 sino a p. 8.2.4 escluso, Materiale su Team
16	Organizzazione del Mercato Elettrico Italiano e Gestione dell’Acquisto dell’Energia Elettrica	Testo 2 Cap. 9 da par 9.4 sino alla fine materiale su Team
17	Esercitazione Riassuntiva

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

The exam consists of a single test that assesses both the theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics covered during the course.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Frequently asked questions and exercises are available on Microsoft Teams.

Degree Course in

Management Engineering