Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2023)

Dear Colleagues,

Ever since 2002, when the first Conference on the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) was held in Dubrovnik, the SDEWES Conference series has been providing a worldwide forum for scientists and those interested in sustainability to share the state of the art, future directions and priorities. SDEWES is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies, and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from the use of natural resources and by transitioning toward a knowledge-based economy.  

Considering all of the economic, environmental, and social pillars of sustainable development, one of the main issues in the coming decades is to improve efficiencies by integrating various life-supporting systems, using excess from one as a resource in another in the correct moment. Integrating electricity, heating, cooling, transport, water, buildings, waste, wastewater, industry, forestry and agriculture systems will be pivotal in the transition toward sustainable development. To make efficiency improvements happen, political aspects of sustainable development need to be considered as well, thus implying the need for taking account of, among other things, the Sustainable Development Goals, resource and political security, long-term planning, the role of political leaders and voters, energy democracy, and community and citizen participation in the energy transition.

SDEWES has maintained high publishing standards, with more than 2500 research articles published in leading journals. MDPI’s Sustainability journal has continued its cooperation with SDEWES, launching a Special Issue dedicated to the 2023 Conference. Taking this into consideration, this SI aims to provide an opportunity for researchers in a wide range of areas to originate, discuss, share, and disseminate new ideas. Sustainability also offers a perfect platform for the interdisciplinary and multi-cultural evaluation of complex systems.

Dr. Oz Sahin
Dr. Russell Richards
Guest Editors

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