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Green Technology and Sustainable Development

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2023) | Viewed by 11471

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Neal N. Xiong

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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Northeastern State University, OK 74464, USA
Interests: Sensor networks; Internet of Things; Optimization Theory
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Dr. Sajid Hussain

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Department of Computer Science, Fisk University, Nashville, TN, USA
Interests: energy efficient communication protocols and security techniques for mobile, Sensor Networks, and pervasive applications
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Prof. Dr. Gautam Srivastava

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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Brandon University, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada
Interests: blockchain technology; cryptography; big data; data mining; social networks; security and privacy; anonymity; graphs
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Dr. Jaime Lloret

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Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: network protocols; network algorithms; wireless sensor networks; ad hoc networks; multimedia streaming
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable development emphasizes the enhancement of environmental, social, and economic resources, with all three being critical to meet the needs of current and future generations. Bottlenecks in the way sustainable development has been approached in practice (with a focus on environmental protection and negative externalities) provide a basis for understanding the evolution of the Green Economy concept. In the present scenario, green technologies are playing a significant role in changing the course of nations’ economic growth towards sustainability and providing an alternative socio-economic model that will enable present and future generations to live in a clean and healthy environment, in harmony with nature. Green technology, which is also known as clean technology, refers to the development and extension of processes, practices, and applications that improve or replace the existing technologies, helping society to meet its own needs while substantially decreasing the impact of humanity on the planet and reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. The concepts of green technologies, if endorsed and pervaded into the lives of all societies, will facilitate the aim of the Millennium Development Goals of keeping the environment intact and improving it in order for civilization to survive. This Special Issue titled Green Technology and Sustainable Development is focused on the goals of green technologies which are becoming increasingly important for ensuring sustainability.

As a contribution to the ongoing worldwide research effort, Sustainability considers it important to promote further research in this area. The journal is hereby inviting submissions related to the questions highlighted above. In particular, we welcome submissions on the following topics:

  • General equilibrium analysis of energy–environment–economy
  • Operation and calculation experiments of complex ecologic-economic systems
  • Global game analysis of low-carbon economy
  • Measurement of energy efficiency
  • Factors affecting environmental total factor productivity
  • Design of environmental taxes
  • Climate change and the environment
  • The impact of environmental regulation on green technology innovation
  • The evolution of international climate governance systems and cooperation mechanisms
  • Technology spillovers and sustainable economic development
  • The environmental assessment of outward foreign direct investment
  • Green logistics, supply chain, and operations management
  • Integrated water resources management for whole river basins
  • Strategies for designing low-carbon national urban policy

Dr. Neal N. Xiong
Dr. Sajid Hussain
Dr. Gautam Srivastava
Prof. Dr. Jaime Lloret Mauri
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • clean technology
  • ensuring sustainability
  • green technology
  • sustainable development
  • circular economy
  • LCA methodology

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Earliest Deadline First Scheduling for Real-Time Computing in Sustainable Sensors
by Maryline Chetto and Rola El Osta
Sustainability 2023, 15(5), 3972; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15053972 - 22 Feb 2023
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 2219
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Energy harvesting is a green technology that authorizes small electronic devices to be supplied for perpetual operation. It enables wireless sensors to be integrated in applications that previously were not feasible with conventional battery-powered designs. Intermittent computing and scheduling are the two central [...] Read more.
Energy harvesting is a green technology that authorizes small electronic devices to be supplied for perpetual operation. It enables wireless sensors to be integrated in applications that previously were not feasible with conventional battery-powered designs. Intermittent computing and scheduling are the two central aspects of designing a Real-Time Energy Harvesting (RTEH) sensor, generally used to monitor a mission critical process. Traditional scheduling algorithms fail to timely execute the hard deadline tasks because they accommodate no fluctuations in power supply and therefore no intermittent computing. A suitable energy-harvesting-aware scheduling algorithm has been proposed so as to achieve a higher schedulability rate. Unlike the classical EDF (Earliest Deadline First) scheduler, the ED-H algorithm is idling and clairvoyant, with an improved performance in terms of the deadline missing ratio. This paper reviews the main advances in dynamic priority scheduling based on EDF for energy-neutral systems. Full article
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Proposal of a Gas Sensor-Based Device for Detecting Adulteration in Essential Oil of Cistus ladanifer
by Sandra Viciano-Tudela, Sandra Sendra, Lorena Parra, Jose M. Jimenez and Jaime Lloret
Sustainability 2023, 15(4), 3357; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043357 - 12 Feb 2023
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Essential oils are a valuable raw material for several industries. Low-cost methods cannot detect its adulteration; specialised equipment is required. In this paper, we proposed the use of gas sensors to detect the adulteration process in the essential oil of Cistus ladanifer. [...] Read more.
Essential oils are a valuable raw material for several industries. Low-cost methods cannot detect its adulteration; specialised equipment is required. In this paper, we proposed the use of gas sensors to detect the adulteration process in the essential oil of Cistus ladanifer. Gas sensors are used in a measuring chamber to measure pure and adulterated oils. We compare the suitability of the tested sensors for detecting adulterated oil and the required measuring time. A total of five samples are determined, with a measuring time of 12 h. Each gas sensor is configured to be sensitive to different compounds. Even though sensors are not specific to detect the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the essential oil, our objective is to evaluate if these VOCs might interact with the sensors as an interferent. Results indicate that various gas sensors sensitive to the same chemical compound offered different values. It might indicate that the interaction of VOCs is different among the tested sensors or that the location of the sensors and the heterogeneous distribution of VOCs along the measurement chamber impact the data. Regarding the performed analyses, we can affirm that identifying the adulterated essential oil is possible using the generated data. Moreover, the results suggest that most of the data, even for different compounds and sensors, are highly correlated, allowing a reduction in the studied variables. According to the high correlation, data are reduced, and 100% of correct classification can be obtained even when only the MQ3 and MQ8 are used. Full article
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Nexus between Cyclical Innovation in Green Technologies and CO2 Emissions in Nordic Countries: Consent toward Environmental Sustainability
by Nihal Ahmed, Franklin Ore Areche, Dante Daniel Cruz Nieto, Ricardo Fernando Cosio Borda, Berenice Cajavilca Gonzales, Piotr Senkus, Paweł Siemiński and Adam Skrzypek
Sustainability 2022, 14(18), 11768; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811768 - 19 Sep 2022
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Several economies have acknowledged that environmental degradation poses a serious danger to worldwide sustainable production and consumption. Policy makers concur that the increased use and production of carbon-intensive technologies has intensified the detrimental consequences of carbon dioxide emissions. In response, a number of [...] Read more.
Several economies have acknowledged that environmental degradation poses a serious danger to worldwide sustainable production and consumption. Policy makers concur that the increased use and production of carbon-intensive technologies has intensified the detrimental consequences of carbon dioxide emissions. In response, a number of nations have reacted by enacting stringent regulations and encouraging green technology innovations across corporate and governmental organizations. Evidence that already exists suggests that research and development is a cyclical process; nevertheless, the non-linear influence of shocks in research and development and innovation in green technologies on CO2 emissions in the Nordic nations has not been well investigated. Using panel data from 1995 to 2019, this research explores the asymmetric link between innovation in green technologies and CO2 emissions. The cointegration link between the chosen variables was validated using the Westerlund cointegration test and the Johansen–Fisher panel cointegration test. The findings of both tests confirm the presence of cointegration association between dependent and independent variables. The outcomes of CS-ARDL revealed that negative shocks in creating green technologies contribute to carbon dioxide emissions during recessions. Second, the findings supported the notion that innovation in green technology may reduce carbon dioxide emissions during times of economic expansion. Thirdly, the GDP increases the CO2 emissions, but the usage of renewable energy decreases CO2 emissions. In addition, the robustness analysis validated the consistency and precision of the existing findings. In summary, the findings suggest that the link between advances in environmentally friendly technologies and levels of carbon dioxide emissions were inversely proportional. Full article
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Green Technology Investment in a Decentralized Supply Chain under Demand Uncertainty
by Cong Wang, Zongbao Zou and Shidao Geng
Sustainability 2021, 13(7), 3752; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073752 - 27 Mar 2021
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Green technology investment is an important factor that influences the sustainability and performance of the supply chain. In this paper, we use the game-theoretic approach, which is quite suitable to operation decision research, to model a supply chain consisting of one supplier and [...] Read more.
Green technology investment is an important factor that influences the sustainability and performance of the supply chain. In this paper, we use the game-theoretic approach, which is quite suitable to operation decision research, to model a supply chain consisting of one supplier and one retailer and discuss who should invest in green technology in a decentralized supply chain under demand uncertainty. An important result we found is that the retailer has a stronger investment motivation and higher investment efficiency compared to the supplier. The retailer also tends to invest in green technology himself when customers are not so sensitive to the product’s retail price. We analyze the supply chain sustainability, and find that high levels of green technology investments are not always necessarily good for environmental sustainability, it depends on the environmental impact’s sensitivity to green technology. Lastly, a joint investment mechanism is designed to induce the retailer to join in the green technology investment when he has no investment intention, and that realizes a Pareto improvement of the supply chain. Based on the results, we recommend designing more incentive mechanisms to induce the retailers to join in the green technology investment according to supply chain conditions. Full article
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