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Sustainability, Volume 12, Issue 14

July-2 2020 - 384 articles

Cover Story: The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) notion pioneered the implementation of various smart environments. With rapid resource shrinkage, energy management has recently become an essential concern for all smart environments. Although energy management emerged as a solution that addresses challenges that arise with increasing energy demand and resource deterioration, further evolution and expansion are hindered due to technological, economical, and social barriers. This review aggregates energy management approaches in smart environments and extensively reviews a variety of recent literature reports on peak load shaving and demand response. Significant benefits and challenges of these energy management strategies were identified through the literature survey. Finally, a critical discussion summarizing trends and opportunities is given as a thread for future research.View this paper
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Articles (384)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,481 Views
28 Pages

21 July 2020

Disclosure policy contributes to improve sustainable corporate information environment by mitigating information asymmetry surrounding companies. Economic theories generally support that more disclosures reduce the level of information asymmetry, inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,355 Views
15 Pages

21 July 2020

The lauded Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP) has achieved much in stimulating private sector investment in the renewable energy market in South Africa. Yet, 95% of electricity generated is still from a single s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,046 Views
19 Pages

Mechanical Characteristics of Soda Residue Soil Incorporating Different Admixture: Reuse of Soda Residue

  • Jiaxiao Ma,
  • Nan Yan,
  • Mingyi Zhang,
  • Junwei Liu,
  • Xiaoyu Bai and
  • Yonghong Wang

21 July 2020

Soda residue (SR), a waste by-product of sodium carbonate production, occupies land resources and pollutes the environment seriously. To promote the resource reusing of waste SR, this paper studies the feasibility of utilizing SR for the preparation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,738 Views
19 Pages

Mechanisms Implemented for the Sustainable Development of Agriculture: An Overview of Cabo Verde Performance

  • Danilson Varela,
  • Filipa Monteiro,
  • Patrícia Vidigal,
  • Luís Silva and
  • Maria M. Romeiras

21 July 2020

In 2005, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted the Common Agricultural Policy of ECOWAS (ECOWAP), as an instrument for implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP). The main goals of ECOWAP/CA...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
211 Citations
42,661 Views
19 Pages

21 July 2020

COVID-19 is a highly infectious respiratory virus that has posed a great threat to the general public. In order to prevent its spread, many governments have enacted stringent measures. Supply chains around the world are facing major disruptions and d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,160 Views
5 Pages

21 July 2020

The study aims to assess the psychometric characteristics of the Satisfaction with Life Scale among 1074 participants from the working context. Analyzing Reliability, Factor Structure and concurrent validity, results indicated good values; besides re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,399 Views
20 Pages

Inverse Malthusianism and Recycling Economics: The Case of the Textile Industry

  • Francisco Salas-Molina,
  • David Pla-Santamaria,
  • Maria Luisa Vercher-Ferrándiz and
  • Javier Reig-Mullor

21 July 2020

The current use of natural resources in the textile industry leads us to introduce a new economic concept called inverse Malthusianism describing a context in which population grows linearly and resource consumption grows exponentially. Inverse Malth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,786 Views
13 Pages

21 July 2020

Active participation of the recipient governments and the beneficiaries is an essential factor in carrying out international development projects. Despite ongoing theoretical discussion on the effects of participation by the recipient governments and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
107 Citations
22,636 Views
28 Pages

COVID-19 Could Leverage a Sustainable Built Environment

  • Manuel Duarte Pinheiro and
  • Nuno Cardoso Luís

21 July 2020

The health system’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has involved research into diagnoses and vaccines, but primarily it has required specific treatments, facilities and equipment, together with the control of individual behaviour and a period...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,811 Views
21 Pages

21 July 2020

In Brazil, stormwater management systems are usually deficient and very commonly implemented after the urban areas have settled. In Brasilia, the Federal capital of Brazil, this problem is aggravated due to the fact that the rainy and dry seasons are...

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