The consortium is made up of three academic partners, i.e. University of Bologna (UNIBO), University of L’Aquila (UNIVAQ) and University of Teramo (UNITE) and constitutes an union of knowledge since it includes research units with different but complementary backgrounds. In fact, the research unit of UNIBO has expertise in the field of housing conditions, dairy production and big data analysis, the unit of UNIVAQ has consolidated experience on energy management and LCA analysis applied to different contexts and at the various scales, while the group of UNITE has strong veterinary and agricultural economics skills.