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Sustainability, Volume 16, Issue 13

July-1 2024 - 550 articles

Cover Story: This study explores how weather-related events affect failure mechanisms in gas pipelines and their relationship with maintenance strategies. By examining various pipeline incidents caused by weather, the study identifies critical risk factors and proposes adaptive maintenance strategies. This paper underscores the crucial need for resilient infrastructure capable of withstanding diverse weather conditions, thereby enhancing the overall sustainability and safety of gas pipelines. View this paper
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Articles (550)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,535 Views
17 Pages

8 July 2024

Environmental issues are gradually increasing due to increases in carbon emissions, overproduction, plastic use, the burning of fossil fuels, etc. Therefore, ecological sustainability is a primary concern for society and the upcoming generation. Cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,148 Views
21 Pages

Volumetric Add-On Retrofit Strategy with Multi-Benefit Approach toward Nearly Zero Energy Buildings Target

  • Maryam Khazaee,
  • Siamak Hosseinzadeh,
  • Saeed Khorrami,
  • Davide Astiaso Garcia and
  • Mosè Ricci

8 July 2024

Around 35% of the total housing stock of the European Union is more than half a century old. The shortage of funds for new construction, combined with rapidly changing economic, social, and technological factors, has led to significant obsolescence....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,899 Views
18 Pages

8 July 2024

In response to current environmental, social and accessibility challenges in the mobility sector, this research focuses on promoting the development of integrated sustainable regional transport policies, supported by a thorough analysis of their dist...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,288 Views
24 Pages

8 July 2024

The fast fashion industry has been widely criticized for its substantial consumption of resources and significant environmental pollution. In contrast, virtual fashion clothes are attracting attention from consumers and academics for their notable su...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,182 Views
31 Pages

What Is the Current State of Sustainability in the Decorative Electroplating Industry? A Close Look at New Practices and Advances

  • Walter Giurlani,
  • Giulio Pappaianni,
  • Fabio Biffoli,
  • Elena Mariani,
  • Marco Bonechi,
  • Leonardo Giliberti,
  • Margherita Tufarelli,
  • Paolo Franzo,
  • Elisabetta Cianfanelli and
  • Massimo Innocenti

8 July 2024

Electroplating is a key process in many industrial fields such as automotive, electronics and decorative applications; this process makes it possible to provide new properties to substrates materials such as corrosion resistance, hardness and aesthet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
9,371 Views
25 Pages

Can the UK Deliver Zero Carbon Ready Homes by 2050?

  • Lily Warren,
  • Ayotunde Dawodu,
  • Ayomikun Solomon Adewumi and
  • Cheng Quan

8 July 2024

Climate change presents one of the most significant challenges facing the world in the 21st century. In 2019, the UK became the first major economy to pass laws to end its contribution to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions; parliament passed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,709 Views
15 Pages

NO Formation in Combustion Engines Fuelled by Mixtures of Hydrogen and Methane

  • Joaquim Campos,
  • Leonardo Ribeiro,
  • Joaquim Monteiro,
  • Gustavo Pinto and
  • Andresa Baptista

8 July 2024

The present work addresses the production of nitrogen oxides in ICEs burning hydrogen mixed with methane. A mathematical model that allows the calculation of nitrogen oxide emissions from such combustion was built; this model uses the extended chemic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,961 Views
24 Pages

8 July 2024

As the climate crisis intensifies, the low-carbon transition seems to be the necessary path to maintain the sustainability of the 3E system. However, does it no longer pose potential threats to sustainability? In the context of the low-carbon transit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,810 Views
20 Pages

8 July 2024

Investigating the interplay between ecosystem services and human well-being is crucial for enhancing ecological conservation and achieving a superior quality of development. This research examined the spatial–temporal disparities in ecosystem s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,117 Views
19 Pages

8 July 2024

Wind farms utilizing doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs) can have a significant impact on the stability of power networks as both the stator and rotor of the DFIG are linked to the grid, which can result in excessive overcurrent and overvoltage i...

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