SPH2
The 2006 Turin Olympic Games stand as a great moment of development and requalification for the mountain environments with competition facilities and related structures. Upon the conclusion of the Olympic events, one of these, the ex–Italsider summer camp of Cesana Torinese, will take on the role of "Snow University” as a training/specialization facility for the world of winter sports.
ex Italsider
This facility has been recognized as a hallmark of sustainable environmental development, also because it includes a facility for the production, storage, and usage of hydrogen produced from renewable sources. The renewable source chosen for the production of hydrogen is solar energy. The objective is to experiment fuel cell technology and new methods for producing and storing energy, even under extreme environmental conditions.