The energy performance of the national building stock certified in 2023 has improved significantly, with a percentage of buildings in the least efficient energy classes (F and G) falling below 50 percent for the first time since surveys began.

ENEA has installed a new High Performance Computing (HPC) system called CRESCO8 capable of increasing the pace of research in the energy field and, in particular, on nuclear fusion. The new infrastructure, provided by Lenovo and built in collaboration with Intel, will increase the computational power of CRESCO7, the supercomputer currently in use at the ENEA Portici Research Center (Naples).

Studying the impact of climate change on soil health using artificial intelligence (AI) is the purpose of a study conducted by ENEA and the University of Bari whose first outcomes - which open up new perspectives for sustainable soil management - have been published in the journal “Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction”.

Detecting chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats remotely and in real time thanks to next-generation quantum sensors[1] - which offer more precise and reliable readings and need fewer resources than traditional sensors - are the outcomes of the project HADES [2], coordinated by ENEA and funded by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) program comprising the NATO Defense College Foundation, the Universities of Roma Tre and Geneva and the companies Nucleco and Inov8 System.

The Italian Civil Aviation Authority (Enac) and ENEA presented in Rome the results of a collaboration started in 2023 following a memorandum of understanding to promote energy transition in Italian airport infrastructures. On the occasion, “Best Practices for Proposing and Evaluating Indicators in Environmental Protection Plans” by Enac and “Quaderno dell'efficienza energetica negli aeroporti,” the seventh volume in the “Quaderni dell'Efficienza Energetica” series, developed by ENEA as part of the Program Agreement for Electricity System Research 2022-2024 and funded by the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, were also illustrated.

 “A step change is needed to achieve all climate goals. Our climate-financing commitments are not being met, yet it will always make sense to take action to reduce emission” said Jim Skea, chairman of the IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in an interview with ENEA's science magazine EAI - Energy, Environment, Innovation, dedicated to “Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation”.