Energy
The university promotes the sustainable management of energy consumption through solutions and activities aimed at improving the energy efficiency of its spaces and reducing the use of fossil fuel energy sources in favour of renewable ones.
In particular, the university has adopted an Energy Plan, updated annually, which proposes concrete actions to encourage energy production from renewable resources and the renovation of buildings to improve their energy efficiency.
With the aim of reducing fossil fuel sources and increasing renewable energy sources, to date the university has:
- installed 18 photovoltaic systems on buildings located in Via Mercalli 21 and at Landriano (PV), the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lodi and the Department of Computer Science in Via Celoria 18.
- stipulated a contract for the supply of green electrical energy (from renewable resources only) for all its offices
installed a trigeneration plant at Città Studi, operational since 2010: a high-efficiency technological system that simultaneously produces electrical power, heating and cooling from a single primary energy source.
Luca Bertoni
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Energy Manager
Alessandro Sellerini
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Energy Manager Office – Construction and Sustainability Division
In new architectural projects, the university has introduced voluntary certification schemes that assess the sustainability and energy efficiency of buildings during the design, construction and management phases, considering energy, materials, waste and the well-being of occupants.
In 2018, the university obtained BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) certification for the Ca' Granda monumental complex in Via Festa del Perdono in Milan. In November 2023 and September 2025, the university obtained LEED O+M (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Operations and Maintenance) certification for the headquarters of the Department of Computer Science "Giovanni degli Antoni" in Via Celoria 18, Milan, and for the new premises of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lodi, respectively. In addition, procedures are currently being completed for LEED BD+C (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Building Design and Construction) certification for the building in Via Mercalli 23 in Milan and for the science campus in MIND.
The university is currently undertaking major energy upgrading projects at:
- the historic headquarters in Via Festa del Perdono 7, where technological systems are to be upgraded with the creation of two new combined heating and cooling plants consisting of four heat pumps and two multi-purpose units that will exchange energy with a groundwater geothermal system equipped with six intake and return wells in surface watercourses
- the Città Studi campus in Via Celoria 10, where 13 buildings will receive a complete energy upgrade; the rooftops will be fitted with a photovoltaic field capable of generating 340 MWh per year. The campus will be served by a high‑efficiency heating and cooling plant comprising three multi‑purpose units connected to a groundwater geothermal circuit with six extraction wells and seven return wells.
- the MIND campus, devoted to scientific research, comprises five Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB): photovoltaic panels with a total annual output of 1,000 MWh will be installed on their rooftops. The entire complex will be served by a state‑of‑the‑art, zero‑carbon emission technical plant equipped with a mix of multi‑purpose generators, heat pumps and chillers, with substantial use of groundwater geothermal energy supplied by four extraction wells and an equal number of return wells.