3FOOD

Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
developed several methodologies for assessing renewable energy projects, energy efficiency
projects and smart metering/smart grid projects, both technically and financially. He worked as
a smart grid/demand response expert in a large international project for a meter manufacturer.
He has additional technical experience with decentralized energy conversion technologies
(micro-CHP, fuel cells, ORC-units) and is asked to perform technical due diligences in this area
on a regular basis.
Luca GUALA
Luca is founder partner of MLab srl, a consulting company started in 2012 in Cagliari, Italy,
which specializes in transport solutions and planning consultancy with a strong focus on
sustainability and innovation. Currently, his current position within MLab is technical director.
In 2015 and 2016 he taught noise assessment techniques in professional training courses.
In 2013 he worked as Chief Engineer with responsibility in Transport for the Perm City Project
Bureau (Perm, Russia). From 2005 to 2011 he worked as specialist consultant first, then project
director, for the transport planning Company Systematica, Milan, Italy, focusing his activity on
innovative and sustainable transport solutions, urban transport plans, transport consultancy to
urban planners and master-planning. Previously, he worked as a researcher at the University of
Cagliari, Department of Territory and as free-lance consultant for the transport of waste and of
dangerous goods and the assessment of noise and vibrations;
Luca achieved a 5 years degree (MScEng) in transport engineering at the University of Cagliari,
Italy, and a PhD in transport technique and economics at the University of Palermo, Italy.
Among Luca’s most relevant professional experiences of the last 10 years in the fields of urban
scale transport planning, sustainable and innovative transport systems are: 2016: transport
plan for the City Stretegic Master Plan of Ekaterinburg, Russia (with MLA+ NL); 2015: strategic
transport plan of the city of Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation (with
UrbanBairam, Ufa); 2013-2014: Transport strategy for the masterplan of a large mixed-use
development in Khimki, territory of Moscow, Russia (with Systematica, Italy, KCAP, NL); 2012-
2016: design and implementation of the first demonstrator of the “City Mobil 2” E.C. FP7
project to test automated transit systems in a real urban environment (with CTL, University of
Rome La Sapienza, Italy); 2013: planning of the automated public transport system for the
women’s campus of King Abdullaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (with 2getthere, NL); 2011-
12: “Green eMotion” E. C. FP7 project for sustainable micro-mobility in Rome, Italy (with CTL,
University of Rome la Sapienza, Italy); 2010: mobility strategy of the Strategic Master Plan of
Brussels Capital Region, Belgium (with KCAP, NL); 2009-2010: mobility strategy for the Strategic
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