Energy Consumption Control and Environmental Pollution Treatment in Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, not only is energy consumption around the world increasing with the development of society, but global issues such as environmental pollution and ecological damage are also becoming more and more serious. For a long time, rapid economic development has been relatively dependent on energy consumption, but this violates the principle of sustainability and causes significant environmental degradation. Safe and reliable energy supply is the guarantee of sustainable development and social stability, and economical, clean and efficient energy utilization is the key to environmental protection and the improvement of human quality of life. Furthermore, excessive energy consumption and environmental damage are irreversible to a certain degree; hence, it is urgent to intervene in energy consumption control and environmental pollution treatment as soon as possible.

As energy availability and environmental quality are critically important for the social lives and sustainable development of human beings, the aim of this Special Issue is to brainstorm effective measures for energy consumption control and environmental pollution treatment which are beneficial to sustainable development.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and review articles are welcome. Authors are encouraged to submit articles including, but not limited to, the following themes:

• Driving factors of energy consumption and carbon emission;
• Path of carbon emission reduction;
• Measurement of energy efficiency;
• Technological innovation and renewable energy;
• Influencing factors of environmental pollution treatment;
• Countermeasures of environmental pollution treatment;
• Assessment of environmental quality;
• Monitoring of environmental management.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Tao Sun
Dr. Xiuyan Han
Dr. Xiaorui Liu
Guest Editors

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