Design for Holistic Sustainability in Engineering Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The transition towards sustainable engineering requires a shift from isolated environmental considerations towards a holistic sustainability perspective, where technological performance, environmental impact, economic viability, circularity, and social aspects are simultaneously addressed throughout the design process. This Special Issue, “Design for Holistic Sustainability in Engineering Applications,” aims to bring together emerging methodologies, tools, and applications that enable sustainability-driven design, assessment, and decision-making across diverse engineering sectors.

The Special Issue welcomes contributions addressing novel design frameworks, multi-criteria decision-making approaches, life cycle-based methodologies, circular design strategies, sustainable materials and manufacturing, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and data-driven approaches supporting holistic sustainability assessment, optimization, and decision-making. Particular interest is given to studies that integrate multiple sustainability dimensions from the early design stages, enabling informed trade-offs between competing objectives and supporting the development of resilient, resource-efficient, and future-oriented engineering solutions.

Research contributions may include theoretical developments, computational methodologies and tools, industrial applications, and case studies demonstrating the implementation of holistic sustainability principles in products, components, materials, manufacturing processes, and complex engineering systems.

Dr. Dionysios Markatos
Dr. Angelos Filippatos
Prof. Dr. Spiros Pantelakis
Guest Editors

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