Evasio Lavagno is the chairman of
the Sinergy 2004 Committee Scientific. The following
are some of the other members already confirmed: Maria
Carla Avogaro, Gianfranco Bedussi, Ilaria Bottio, Furio
Cascetta, Dario Chello, Federica Chinosi, Raffaele
Chiulli, Gaetano Cigliola, Stefano Consonni, Giuseppe
Debeni, Giulio Gravaghi, Gianfranco Piacentini, Gianluigi
Piccinini and Mario de Renzio. The thematic lines characterizing
the Sinergy 2004 conference session have already also
been set, thanks to the choice of the key issues – long-distance
control, telecommunications, gas, plastic, laws, ICT
and district heating. Alongside this, the trade sector
list for the expo sessions is also being drawn up,
in order to meet visitors’ need for technical
updating and information on the very latest the market
has to offer.
Evasio Lavagno graduated in Nuclear Engineering at
Turin Polytechnic and is now Professor of Energy System
Localization, Chairman of Turin Polytechnic’s
Energy Engineering Training Area, lecturer in various
subjects regarding the issues of analysis and modelling
of energy systems and technologies. He is currently
carrying out research and development work on national
(ENEL, ENEA) and international (OCSE, IEA) programs
on the issues of energy analysis and planning. In particular,
in Italy, he has carried out research and feasibility
studies in the context of energy planning at municipal
level, as well as on a provincial and regional scale.
“We have decided to pay particular attention to the subsoil, and dedicate
the 2004 edition of Sinergy to Technical Networks,“ explains Evasio Lavagno,
newly-elected chairman of Sinergy 2004’s Scientific Committee, “because
they are fundamental elements for supplying services to the population. The concept
of town planning, which also involves the subsoil, is an opportunity for rationalization
and coordinated development of utility networks. Laws, regulations and directives
are heading precisely in this direction: planning and rationalizing the subsoil”.
The close link between energy and utility networks is obvious; energy flows along
the electricity networks, gas tubes and district heating networks, which all
run underground. “Up until now”, clarifies the Turin Polytechnic
lecturer “these systems have always been developed independently, resulting
in a complicated underground network structure. The planning of new areas and
rebuilding of those that already exist must be based on the optimization of underground
networks – this is an opportunity we can’t afford to miss”.
He concludes, “Utility networks are a fundamental element of towns’ structures,
so the importance of their safety and reliability, as well as their maintenance
at sustainable costs, must not be forgotten”.
One of the major experts in municipal subsoil planning, Professor Lavagno coordinated
the realization of the TRUE (Training for Underground Environment) training project
financed by the EU and the relative international Master, directed work on the "Study
of the system of underground services in Turin’s Spina 3 area" and
the realization of the Spina 3 Environmental Energy Plan. He also promoted the
foundation of the Observatory on the Turin Underground, and founded and coordinated
the Workshop on Architectural and Environmental Quality of Underground Spaces
(AEQUS). Lastly, he’s European member and Vice-chairman of the Board of
Directors of ACUUS – Associated research Centres for the Urban Underground
Space.
