Nicolò Giordano is a geologist with a PhD in Earth Science and a M.Sc. in Engineering Geology at the University of Torino, Italy. He spent 4 years as a post-doc research fellow at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Québec City, Canada, working on ground-source heat pumps and underground thermal energy storage in the remote communities of autochthonous peoples of Northern Québec. He has been the coordinator of the geothermal closed-loop working group within SAPHEA, a European research project looking to integrate geothermal technologies into 5th generation district heating and cooling grids. He now works as a fellow in the Groundwater research group carrying out field work within the SeTe Alcotra Innovation project that explores the feasibility of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) pilot actions in the province of Cuneo as an adaptation measure to climate change.
Publications
Scientific Papers
Langevin H., Giordano N., Raymond J., Gosselin L., Bourbonnais M. (2024) – Geothermal heat pumps to reduce diesel consumption in an off-grid subarctic community: Comparison of solar assisted systems with optional underground energy storage. Geothermics, 116 (2024): 102846 (doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics. 2023.102846).
Lamarche L., Raymond J., Giordano N. (2024) – Oscillatory thermal response tests to estimate the ground thermal diffusivity. Applied Energy 353 (2024): 122078 (doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122078).
Langevin H., Giordano N., Raymond J., Gosselin L. (2023) – Oscillatory thermal response test using heating cables: A novel method for in situ thermal property analysis. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 202, 123646 (doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.123646).
Abesser C., Schincariol R., Raymond J., Garcia-Gil A., Drysdale R., Piatek A., Giordano N., Jaziri N., Molson J. (2023) – Case studies of geothermal system response to perturbations in groundwater flow and thermal regimes. Groundwater, 61:255-273 (doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13086).
Pambou C.H.K., Raymond, J., Miranda M.M., Giordano N. (2022) – Estimation of in situ heat capacity and thermal diffusivity from undisturbed ground temperature profile measured in ground heat exchangers. Geosciences, 12(5): 180 (doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12050180).
Chicco J.M., Comeau F.A., Casasso, A., Comina C., Giordano N., Mandrone G., Raymond J. (2021) – Alternative use of artificial quarry lakes as a source of thermal energy for greenhouses. Water, 13: 3560 (doi.org/10.3390/w13243560).
Giordano N., Lamarche L., Raymond J. (2021) – Evaluating subsurface heat capacity through oscillatory thermal response tests. Energies, 14(18): 5791 (doi.org/10.3390/en14185791).
Casasso A., Giordano N., Bianco C., Sethi R. (2021) – UTES – Underground Thermal Energy Storage. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, 2021 ISBN 978-0-12-409548-9 (doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819723-3.00078-0).
Miranda M.M., Giordano N., Raymond J., Pereira A.J.S.C., Dezayes C. (2020) – Thermophysical properties of surficial rocks; a tool to characterize geothermal resources of remote northern regions. Geothermal Energy, 8, 4 (doi.org/10.1186/s40517-020-0159-y).
Gunawan E., Giordano N., Jensson P., Newson J., Raymond J. (2020) – Alternative heating systems for northern remote communities: Techno-economic analysis of ground-source heat pumps in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, Canada. Renewable Energy, 147(1): 1540-1553 (doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.09.039).
Jaziri N., Raymond J., Giordano N., Molson J. (2020) – Long-term temperature evaluation of a ground-coupled heat pump system subject to groundwater flow. Energies, 13(1): 96 (doi.org/10.3390/en13010096).
Giordano N., Chicco J., Mandrone G., Verdoya M., Wheeler W.H. (2019) – Comparing transient and steady state methods for the thermal conductivity characterization of a borehole heat exchanger field in Bergen, Norway. Environmental Earth Science, 78: 460 (doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8397-7).
Giordano N., Raymond J. (2019) – Alternative and sustainable heat production for drinking water needs in Nunavik (Canada): borehole thermal energy storage to reduce fossil fuel dependency in off-grid communities. Applied Energy, 252: 113463 (doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113463).
Comina C., Giordano N., Ghidone G., Fischanger F. (2019) – Time-lapse 3D electric tomography for short-time monitoring of an experimental heat storage system. Geosciences, 9(4): 167 (doi.org/10.3390/ geosciences9040167).
Chicco J., Giordano N., Mandrone G. (2018) – The use of open-source electronic platforms to monitor the efficiency of Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Systems (BTES) in porous materials by means of lab scale modeling. Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 46: 155-160 (doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2018.67).
Bonetto S., Colombero C., Comina C., Giordano N., Giuliani A., Mandrone G., Nicola S., Tible P. (2018) – A case study on the application of destructive and non-destructive methods for evaluating jet-grouting column integrity for bridge-pier scour protection (Cuneo, NW Italy). Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 77: 541-553 (doi.org/ 10.1007/s10064-017-1223-0).
Giordano N., Arato A., Comina C., Mandrone G. (2017) – Time-lapse electrical resistivity imaging of the thermally affected zone of a Borehole Thermal Energy Storage system near Torino (Northern Italy). Journal of Applied Geophysics, 140: 123-134 (doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.03.015).
Giordano N., Comina C., Mandrone G. (2016) – Laboratory scale geophysical measurements aimed at monitoring the thermal affected zone in Underground Thermal Energy Storage (UTES) applications. Geothermics, 61: 121-134 (doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2016.01.011).
Giordano N., Comina C., Mandrone G., Cagni A. (2016) – Borehole thermal energy storage (BTES). First results from the injection phase of a living lab built up in unsaturated alluvial deposits (Torino, IT). Renewable Energy, 86: 993-1008 (doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.08.052).
Bonetto S., Comina C., Colombero C., Dela Pierre F., Ferrero A.M., Giordano N., Rispoli A., Vagnon F. (2016) – Study of the mechanical properties of a conglomerate. Procedia Engineering, 158: 248-253 (doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.437).
Arato A., Boaga J., Comina C., De Seta M., Di Sipio E., Galgaro A., Giordano N., Mandrone G. (2015) – Geophysical monitoring for shallow geothermal applications – two Italian case histories. First Break, 33(8): 75-79.
Giordano N. (2015) – I sistemi di accumulo dell’energia termica nel terreno: una perfetta sinergia tra solare e geotermico. Geoingegneria Ambientale e Mineraria (GEAM), 146(3): 5-14.
Giordano N. (2015) – Ground Thermal Energy Storage: analogical and numerical modeling coupled with geophysical monitoring from laboratory to field scale. PhD thesis, 236 pp. (doi.org/10.13140/2.1.3671.5843).
Giordano N., Comina C., Mandrone G., Cagni A. (2015) – Il terreno come stoccaggio di energia termica: un sito sperimentale a Grugliasco – Università di Torino. Geologia Tecnica e Ambientale, 3: 55-79.
Giordano N., Bima E., Caviglia C., Comina C., Mandrone G., Passarella M. (2013) – Modellizzazione analogica e numerica di un flusso termico in un mezzo poroso in laboratorio attraverso scatola termica. Geoingegneria Ambientale e Mineraria (GEAM), 138(1): 23-32.
Borra C., Giordano N., Valente Arnaldi A. (2011) – Definizione della pericolosità per colate detritiche ed esondazione in corrispondenza delle aree di conoide: il caso di studio di n. 6 torrenti alpini (Comuni di Gressoney la Trinité e Gressoney Saint Jean, Valle d’Aosta orientale). Geoingegneria Ambientale e Mineraria (GEAM), 134(1): 49-62.
Papers in Conference Proceedings and Research Reports
Raymond J., Pambou C.H.K., Giordano N., Langevin H., Lamarch L., Gosselin L. (2024) – New methods for in situ assessment of the subsurface heat capacity. Proceedings, IGSHPA Research Conference, May 8-10, Montréal, Canada, pp. 150-159.
Langevin H., Giordano N., Raymond J., Gosselin L., Bourbonnais M. (2021) – Design considerations for thermal energy storage in subarctic climate. Proceedings of 2nd Canadian Geothermal Students Day, June 20-22, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 4 pp.
Giordano N., Lamarche L., Raymond J. (2021). Prototype development to conduct oscillatory thermal response tests (OTRT) and evaluate the subsurface heat capacity when designing ground-source heat pump systems. Québec, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 64 pp (R2013).
Giordano N., Raymond J. (2020). Field report and monitoring plan of the ground-source heat pump system for the community swimming pool in Kuujjuaq (Nunavik, Canada). Québec, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 54 pp (R2007).
Comeau FA., Giordano N., Raymond J. (2020). Using a near-freezing subsurface to heat one of Canada’s remote and northern communities. GRC Annual Meeting and Expo, October 18-23, Virtual, 9 pp.
Comeau FA., Giordano N., Raymond J. (2020). Shallow geothermal potential of the northern community of Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuaraapik. Québec, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 19 pp (R1927).
Giordano N., Piché P., Gibout S., Haillot D., Arrabie C., Lamalice A., Rousse D.R., PY X., Raymond J., (2020) – Daily and seasonal heat storage for greenhouse food production in Nunavik (Canadian Arctic). Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2020+1, March – October 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland, 9 pp (oral presenter).
Gunawan E., Giordano N., Jensson P., Newson J., Raymond J. (2020) – Alternative heating systems for northern remote communities: Error analysis of shallow geothermal potential in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, Canada. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2020+1, March – October 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland, 5 pp.
Giordano N., Chapotard V., Lamarche L., Raymond J. (2019) – Numerical simulations of oscillatory thermal response tests. Proceedings of 1st Canadian Geothermal Students Day, November 20-22, Québec, Canada, 2 pp. (poster presenter, doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3566014).
Giordano N., Riggi L., Della Valentina S., Casasso A., Mandrone G., Raymond J. (2019) – Efficiency evaluation of borehole heat exchangers in Nunavik, Québec, Canada. Proceedings of 25th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, August 24-30, Montréal, Canada (oral presenter, doi.org/10.18462/iir.icr.2019.547).
Piché P., Haillot D., Gibout S., Arrabie C., Lamalice A., Rousse D.R., PY X., Giordano N., Raymond J. (2019) – Serriculture circumpolaire : état de l’art et étude de cas au Nunavik. Proceedings of Colloque International Franco-Québecois en énergie, Juin 16-20, Baie St-Paul, Canada.
Giordano N., Kanzari I., Miranda M.M., Raymond J., Dezayes C. (2018) – Thermal energy storage in subarctic climates: a feasibility study conducted in Kuujjuaq (QC, Canada). Proceedings, IGSHPA Research Conference, September 18-19, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 150-159 (oral presenter, doi.org/10.22488/okstate.18.000024).
Miranda M.M., Dezayes C., Giordano N., Kanzari I., Raymond J., Carvalho J. (2018) – Fracture Network Characterization as input for Geothermal Energy Research: Preliminary data from Kuujjuaq, Northern Québec, Canada. Proceedings of 43rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering. Standford, United States, SGP-TR-213, 12 pp.
Giordano N., Kanzari I., Miranda M.M., Dezayes C., Raymond J. (2017) – Shallow geothermal resource assessments for the northern community of Kuujjuaq, Québec, Canada. IGCP636 Annual Meeting, November 21, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 3 pp. (oral presenter).
Giordano N., Comina C. (2016) – Combined 3D seismic and resistivity surveys for the stability study of a natural bridge in conglomerate rock. Proceedings 22nd European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, September 4-8, Barcelona, Spain, We22B09 (oral presenter).
Giordano N., Canalis L., Ceppa L., Comina C., De Giorgis L., Giuliani A., Mandrone G., Marcon G. (2016) – How open-loop heat pumps on lakes can help environmental control: an example of geothermal circular economy. Proceedings European Geothermal Congress, September 19-24, Strasbourg, France, 9 pp. ISBN 9782960194609.
Comina C., Giordano N., Giuliani A., Mandrone G. (2015) – G.TES: pilot plant for seasonal ground energy storage in Italy. In: Engineering geology for society and territory, 1(68): 359-362 (oral presenter).
Giordano N., Comina C., Mandrone G. (2015) – Laboratory scale resistivity monitoring of thermal flows – analogical and numerical simulations in water flux condition. Proceedings 21st European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, September 6-10, Torino, Italy, Tu21B06 (oral presenter).
Arato A., Giordano N., Comina C., Mandrone G. (2015) – Monitoring of a borehole thermal energy storage system using 2D and 3D resistivity surveys in a highly urbanized area. Proceedings 21st European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, September 6-10, Torino, Italy, Tu21B07.
Giordano N., Comina C., Mandrone G. (2015) – The first italian experience of ground thermal energy storage: an integrated approach for design and monitoring, from laboratory to field scale. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress, April 19-24, Melbourne, Australia, 12 pp. (doi.org/10.13140/2.1.3923.4880) (oral presenter).
Giordano N., Firmbach L., Comina C., Dietrich P., Mandrone G., Vienken T. (2013) – Laboratory scale electrical resistivity measurements to monitor the heat propagation within porous media for low enthalpy geothermal applications. Atti del 32° Convegno Nazionale del GNGTS, 19-21 November 2013, ISBN 978-88-902101-8-1, pp. 122-128, (oral presenter).
Firmbach L., Giordano N., Comina C., Mandrone G., Kolditz O., Vienken T., Dietrich P. (2013) – Experimental heat flow propagation within porous media using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). Proceedings European Geothermal Congress, June 3-7, Pisa, Italy, ISBN 978-2-8052-0226-1.
Comina C., Dietrich P., Firmbach L., Giordano N., Kolditz O., Mandrone G., Vienken T., Watanabe N. (2013) – Heat flow’s propagation within a porous medium: analogical and numerical modeling. Proceedings European Geothermal Congress, June 3-7, Pisa, Italy, ISBN 978-2-8052-0226-1. (poster presenter).
Conferences with Oral and Poster Presentations
Giordano N., Gunawan E., Comeau F.A., Miranda M.M., Langevin H., Covelli M., Piché P., Gibout S., Haillot D., Casasso A., Chicco J., Mandrone G., Comina C., Fortier R., Raymond J. (2020) – Shallow geothermal technology as alternative to diesel heating of subarctic off-grid autochthonous communities in Northern Québec (Canada). European Geosciences Union – General Assembly, Sharing Geoscience Online, May 3-8, Wien, Austria, D960 EGU2020-508, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-508.
Abesser C., Schincariol R., Raymond J., Garcia-Gil A., Busby J., Drysdale R., Piatek A., Giordano N., Jaziri N., Molson J. (2020) – Observations from shallow geothermal modelling case studies in Canada and the UK. European Geosciences Union – General Assembly, Sharing Geoscience Online, May 3-8, Wien, Austria, D964 EGU2020-11711, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11711.
Giordano N., Piché P., Miranda M.M., Gunawan E., Comeau F.A., Gibout S., Haillot D., Raymond J. (2019) – Ground source heat pumps and thermal energy storage systems for off-grid northern communities (Canada). Reunión Nacional de Geotermia, November 25-29, Medellin, Colombia (invited oral presenter).
Raymond J., Dezayes C., Alvarado E., Gunawan E., Comeau F.A., Kanzari I., Miranda M.M., Giordano N., (2017) – Chauffer les mines et les communautés nordiques éloignées avec l’énergie géothermique ; est-ce possible ? Québec Mines + Énergie, November 18-21, Québec City, Canada.
Chicco J., Giordano N., Mandrone G. (2019) – Ground heat storage systems: perspective in Mediterranean environments. European Workshop on Underground Energy Storage, November 7-8, Paris, France.
Gunawan E., Giordano N., Raymond J. (2018) – Shallow geothermal potential mapping: Application in the northern community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada. Québec Mines, November 19-22, Québec City, Canada.
Chicco J., Mandrone G., Giordano N., Verdoya M. (2018) – Comparative methods to determine thermal conductivity of grouting mixtures and 3D simulations in vertical closed-loop system. Proceedings of VI Congresso Nazionale AIGA 2018, June 7-9, Courmayeur, Italy.
Chicco J., Giordano N., Mandrone G., Verdoya M. (2018) – Comparison between different geothermal grouts: from composition to numerical analysis. Proceedings of 9th European Geothermal PhD Days, March 14-16, Zurich, Switzerland.
Miranda M.M., Giordano N., Raymond J., Kanzari I., Dezayes C. (2018) – Geothermal gradient and heat flow estimation in New Québec Orogen (Labrador Trough), Northern Québec, Canada. Proceedings of 20th International Sedimentological Congress, August 13-17, Québec City, Canada.
Della Valentina S., Chicco J., Giordano N., Casasso A., Sethi R., Mandrone G., Raymond J. (2018) – Mapping the geothermal potential of a borehole heat exchanger in Kuujjuaq, Québec, Canada. Proceedings of Resources for Future Generations, June 16-21, Vancouver, Canada.
Miranda M.M., Raymond J., Kanzari I., Giordano N., Dezayes C. (2017) – The use of mining boreholes as a key tool for heat flow estimation in geothermal energy research: data from the Labrador Trough, Northern Québec. Québec Mines, November 20-23, Québec City, Canada.
Miranda M.M., Giordano N., Kanzari I., Raymond J., Dezayes C. (2017) – Shallow and deep geothermal resources assessment in northern communities of Québec: preliminary results from Kuujjuaq. Geothermal Symposium, September 26, Waterloo, Canada (poster presentation).
Kanzari I., Raymond J., Giordano N. (2017) – Évaluation du potentiel des pompes à chaleur géothermique pour la communauté nordique de Kuujjuaq. Colloque de l’Institut nordique du Québec, 85e Congrès de l’Association Francophone pour le Savoir (ACFAS), May 8-12, Montréal, Canada.
Giordano N., Chicco J., Bastesen E., Wheeler W.H., Mandrone G. (2017) – Thermo-hydraulic characterization of a fractured shallow reservoir in Bergen (Norway) to improve the efficiency of a BHE field. European Geosciences Union – General Assembly, April 23-28, Wien, Austria, EGU2017-18581.
Giordano N., Firmbach L., Comina C., Dietrich P., Kolditz O., Mandrone G., Vienken T., Watanabe N. (2013) – Heat flow laboratory tests, numerical modeling and monitoring for thermal use of the shallow subsurface. In International Conference NovCare, May 13 – 16, Leipzig, Germany (oral presenter).
Giordano N., Firmbach L., Watanabe N., Comina C., Mandrone G., Kolditz O., Dietrich P., Vienken T. (2013) – Untersuchungen zur thermischen nutzung des oberflächennahen untergrunds: analoge, numerische und geoelektrische analyse der wärmeausbreitung in porösen medien. In abstracts 73 Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft 4 – 7 März 2013, Leipzig 7 – S2 Ingenieur- und Umweltgeophysik.
