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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)

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
7,107 Views
19 Pages

21 July 2020

Sustainable transport, such as using inland waterway transport (IWT), represents a major pillar of the European Green Deal to reduce global warming. To evaluate the different inland transport modes (road, rail, IWT), it is crucial to know the externa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,860 Views
18 Pages

20 July 2020

To maintain sustainability and availability of regional water resources, appropriate integrated water resource management (IWRM) should be based on an assessment of water resource background and responses to regional development and utilization polic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,985 Views
14 Pages

20 July 2020

The influence of salinity on the single and binary sorption of Ni and Zn onto iron oxide- and manganese oxide-coated sand (IOCS and MOCS) was investigated at pH = 5. The single sorption experimental data were fitted to Freundlich, Langmuir, Dubinin&n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,823 Views
26 Pages

Roadmapping as a Driver for Knowledge Creation: A Proposal for Improving Sustainable Practices in the Coffee Supply Chain from Chiapas, Mexico, Using Emerging Technologies

  • David Israel Contreras-Medina,
  • Luis Miguel Contreras-Medina,
  • Joaliné Pardo-Nuñez,
  • Luis Alberto Olvera-Vargas and
  • Carlos Mario Rodriguez-Peralta

20 July 2020

Technologies are essential for productive sectors to increase competitiveness and improve sustainable development. However, the technology benefits present a great delay in adoption in agricultural sectors, due to discrepancies between scientific res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,576 Views
14 Pages

20 July 2020

According to the psychological reactance theory, psychological reactance is strongly associated with many adverse outcomes of health promotion messages. This is particularly pertinent when health messages are targeting young adults, as they resist fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,754 Views
18 Pages

Analysis of Municipal Waste Development and Management in Self-Governing Regions of Slovakia

  • Marcela Taušová,
  • Eva Mihaliková,
  • Katarína Čulková,
  • Beáta Stehlíková,
  • Peter Tauš,
  • Dušan Kudelas,
  • Ľubomír Štrba and
  • Lucia Domaracká

20 July 2020

In the European Union, basic strategy results from the need to provide intelligent, sustainable, and inclusive growth, along with respect to social and economic impacts of waste treatment. The paper focuses on municipal waste and its separation. Gene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,956 Views
17 Pages

Analyzing the Attitudes of Spanish Firms towards Brexit’s Effects on the Management of European Fisheries

  • Lucy Amigo-Dobaño,
  • María Dolores Garza-Gil and
  • Manuel M. Varela-Lafuente

20 July 2020

The United Kingdom has played a prominent role in the Common Fisheries Policy—by contributing to fisheries activities and also by participating in the design of the fisheries policy. Brexit is certain to have significant repercussions for Europ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,389 Views
13 Pages

Effective Placement Methods of Vermicompost Application in Urban Tree Species: Implications for Sustainable Urban Afforestation

  • Huong Thi Thuy Dao,
  • Jeong Min Seo,
  • Jonathan O. Hernandez,
  • Si Ho Han,
  • Woo Bin Youn,
  • Ji Young An and
  • Byung Bae Park

20 July 2020

Knowledge on growth and nutrient uptake characteristics of urban trees and effective strategies to grow trees can help accomplish the goal of urban afforestation initiatives in a sustainable way. Thus, the study investigated the effects of different...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,599 Views
25 Pages

Performance Gap and Occupant Behavior in Building Retrofit: Focus on Dynamics of Change and Continuity in the Practice of Indoor Heating

  • Giuseppe Salvia,
  • Eugenio Morello,
  • Federica Rotondo,
  • Andrea Sangalli,
  • Francesco Causone,
  • Silvia Erba and
  • Lorenzo Pagliano

20 July 2020

Building retrofit is often reported to fail in achieving predicted energy savings; this mismatch in post-retrofit conditions is labeled the ‘energy performance gap’ and may be due to both occupant behavior and technical issues. In this st...

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