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Turin is retrofitting municipal buildings for energy efficiency, finishing school renovations paid for by the recovery plan and approving a private-led campus in the Aurora district.

Updated · Checked against official sources

  • Population (1 January 2025)

    853,196

    2025

  • Mayor

    Stefano Lo Russo

    since 27 October 2021

  • EU programmes

    7

Latest

  1. Digital government ·

    Turin approves €700,000 plan to digitise electricity at Piazza Benefica market

    Turin's city government has approved a €700 thousand executive project for market maintenance focused on Piazza Benefica, preparing electrical panels and cabling for QR-code-based, per-stall metering of electricity, with works due from March to September 2027.

    Facts and source
    • The city government approved an executive project for extraordinary maintenance of city markets worth €700,000 in total.
    • The planned system will identify each electrical tower with a QR code so stallholders can switch on power themselves and have their consumption metered.
    • Works are planned to be handed over in March 2027 and finished by September 2027.

    Source: Turin city hall, “Mercati: la Giunta approva il progetto esecutivo da 700mila euro. In piazza Benefica arriva l’impianto “digitalizzato””

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  2. Regeneration and housing ·

    Turin's new master plan wins unanimous backing from regional co-planning conference

    Turin's new General Regulatory Plan won a unanimous favourable vote from the co-planning conference with the Piedmont Region, the Metropolitan City and the heritage superintendency, the first plan revision under regional law 5/2026, which halved the conference to sixty days.

    Facts and source
    • The co-planning and assessment conference on Turin's new General Regulatory Plan ended with a unanimous favourable vote.
    • Under the new regional law, the conference's duration was halved from 120 to 60 days.
    • Key features of the plan include equalisation, transformation areas, public city and reduced building capacity compared with the 1995 plan.

    Source: Turin city hall, “Nuovo Piano Regolatore, voto favorevole unanime della Conferenza di copianificazione. Si apre la fase finale verso l’approvazione definitiva”

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  3. Climate and energy ·

    Turin approves €861,000 of energy upgrades on three municipal buildings

    Turin's city executive has approved €861 thousand of energy upgrades on three municipal buildings, expected to avoid 129 tonnes of CO2 a year, as part of the EfficienTO plan funded with €110 million from Iren Smart Solutions.

    Facts and source
    • Turin approved energy upgrades worth €861,000 for three municipal buildings.
    • The works are expected to avoid 129 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year.
    • The EfficienTO plan has an overall allocation of €110 million from private partner Iren Smart Solutions.

    Source: Città di Torino, “Efficientamento energetico per tre edifici comunali: approvati lavori per 861mila euro”

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  4. Regeneration and housing ·

    Turin approves phased plan for Ponte Mosca urban campus in the Aurora district

    Turin's city executive approved an amended planning agreement for the Ponte Mosca area in Aurora, letting TSH Turin Propco build a 23,535-square-metre urban campus in three phases and pay €528,539 for public works with no deduction from planning fees.

    Facts and source
    • Turin's city executive approved an amended planning agreement for the Ponte Mosca area.
    • The project covers 23,535 square metres of gross floor area, mostly for visitor accommodation.
    • The developer will pay for public works worth €528,539.

    Source: Città di Torino, “Approvata la variante per l'area "Ponte Mosca" nel quartiere Aurora, un nuovo campus urbano sostenibile e ad alta efficienza”

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  5. Regeneration and housing ·

    Turin reopens historic Boncompagni school after €9.5 million renovation

    Turin has completed the €9.5 million PNRR-funded renovation of Boncompagni primary school at via Vidua 1, a building first constructed in 1880-1882, with works split into three lots covering structure, facades, windows, doors and floors for its 175 pupils.

    Facts and source
    • The renovation of Boncompagni primary school cost €9.5 million.
    • The original building was constructed between 1880 and 1882.
    • The works are part of the "Torino Cambia" urban transformation programme.

    Source: Città di Torino, “La storica scuola Boncompagni si rinnova: conclusa la riqualificazione da 9,5 milioni di euro”

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Projects we track

4 projects · 1 completed · 2 under way

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    EfficienTO energy retrofit plan

    A multi-year plan to improve the energy performance of about 850 municipal buildings by 2030, financed by private partner Iren Smart Solutions; works on three more buildings were approved in October 2026.

    Budget EUR 110 million (overall allocation) Funded by Iren Smart Solutions (private partner) Climate and energy

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    Ponte Mosca urban campus, Aurora

    A private urban campus of 23,535 square metres, mostly visitor accommodation, to be built in three phases; the city approved the amended planning agreement in October 2026.

    Funded by TSH Turin Propco S.r.l. (private developer) Regeneration and housing

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    Renovation of Boncompagni primary school

    The historic school in San Donato, first built in 1880-1882, reopened after structural, facade and interior works under the national recovery plan.

    Budget EUR 9.5 million Funded by PNRR (Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan) Regeneration and housing

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    PROSECO (Procurement for Social Economy)

    A European cooperation project on using public procurement to support the social economy; Turin attended its third interregional meeting in Iași in October 2026.

    Inclusion

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

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