Sustainability

Sustainable Optimization for Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering

edited by

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1105 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable optimization; energy and environmental management; system engineering; digitalized economy; Industry 4.0 vs. Society 5.0; zero-emission technologies; renewable energy sources and technologies; emerging technologies; public acceptance; policy issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Comprehensive Application of Concrete for Sustainability in Construction and Green Building

edited by

Hyunjin Ju

and Sun-Jin Han

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; composite materials; structural analysis; durability; mechanical behavior; finite element analysis; nonlinear analysis; civil engineering; green building; sustainable construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Transportation Systems Planning

edited by

Marjan Lep

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1048 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; smart transportation; urban mobility; digitalization; data-driven planning; accessibility; intelligent transport systems; system efficiency; technological advancements; technology-driven innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Economic Resilience and Development Opportunities Amidst Climate Crisis

edited by

Fengyi Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1044 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilience; sustainable innovation; ESG

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Toward a Resilient and Sustainable Urban Power Grid: Challenges and AI-Driven Solutions

edited by Chao Qin,

Bei Peng

, Chao Long and

Xiaolong Jin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; urban power grids; AI; preparation; restoration; situational awareness; extreme events

Information Technology for Sustainable Construction Management

edited by

Ashraf Elazouni

,

Mubarak Al Alawi

,

Hayder Mirza

and Ronald Ekyalimpa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 980 | Submission Open

Keywords: information technology; cash flow management; construction industry; sustainability; building information modelling (BIM); decision support systems; digital transformation; project finance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Materials for a Sustainable World: Gas Sorption, Energy Storage, and Green Chemical Transformations

edited by

Ivana Mitar

and

Zhejian Cao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 972 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; clean energy; gas sorption; energy storage; green chemistry; green chemical transformations; nanomaterials; recyclability of materials; life-cycle assessments (LCA); carbon dioxide capture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Soil Health and Sustainable Society

edited by

Xuefeng Hu

and Lijun Yan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 969 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; heavy metals; organic pollutants; sustainable agriculture; waste recycles; healthy soil; soil remediation; food safety; pollutant monitoring; soil environment

Sustainable Power Systems: Energy Storage, Renewable Integration, and Smart Grid Technologies

edited by Rafael Peña Alzola and

José Luis Monroy-Morales

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 920 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; sustainable power systems; renewable energy integration; sustainable technologies; power electronic converters; smart grids and microgrids; energy storage systems; digital control and optimization; low-carbon energy transition; power quality and reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Recent Advances in Biomass Conversion, Renewable Energy, and Biomaterials—2nd Edition

edited by

Lei Zhang

and

Jun Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 909 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural and forestry waste processing; bioactive materials; biomass degradation; biomass refinery; biofuels processes; biomaterials; bioresource technology; biotechnologies applied for renewable energies; biotransformation; chemical and biological conversions; renewable energy; sustainable processing; biomaterials for sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Project Management and Smart Infrastructure Development

edited by

Indra Gunawan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 809 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable project management; smart infrastructure; digital transformation; AI integration; industry 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainability

edited by

Fahad Asmi

and

Muhammad Azfar Anwar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 792 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; climate change adaptation; urban development; responsible artificial intelligence; disaster risk management

Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management

edited by Zinnia Mukherjee

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 789 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental economics; natural resource economics and management; environmental policy; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Selected Papers from the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition: EUBCE 2025 and EUBCE 2026

edited by David Baxter,

Kyriakos Maniatis

and

Solange I. Mussatto

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 758 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass feedstocks; agricultural residues; energy crops; short rotation crops; forest residues; organic waste; bioenergy; biofuels; energy carriers; biorefineries; thermochemical conversion; biochemical conversion; bioeconomy; biochemicals; biomaterials; circular economy; integrated approaches; sustainability; climate change; life cycle analysis; environmental sustainability; environmental impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Emerging Internet of Things and Blockchain Technologies for Sustainable Smart Cities

edited by

Khalid El Makkaoui

and

Ibrahim Ouahbi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 748 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable smart cities; internet of things (IoT); distributed ledger technology (DLT); blockchain; IOTA Tangle; artificial intelligence (AI); security and privacy; urban resilience; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Sustainable Agricultural Engineering Technology and Development

edited by

Chao Zhao

and

Huimin Fang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 729 | Submission Open

Keywords:

Agricultural engineering is essential for addressing sustainability challenges such as resource inefficiency; climate resilience; agricultural waste; and food insecurity. This Special Issue on Sustainable Agricultural Engineering Technology and Development focuses on precision agriculture and smart agricultural systems through circular-economy and systems-based approaches. It welcomes research linking intelligent engineering technologies to measurable environmental and socio-economic outcomes; including resource efficiency; carbon reduction; waste valorization; and better livelihoods.

We invite original research and review papers that advance interdisciplinary innovation and real-world impact toward low-carbon; efficient; and sustainable modern agriculture. Critical perspectives on technological benefits; limitations; adoption barriers; and scalability are also encouraged.

Topics include: precision agriculture; IoT; and intelligent farming; machine vision and deep learning; green non-destructive testing and quality evaluation; agricultural waste valorization and biomass energy conversion; low-carbon agricultural machinery; and energy-efficient smart facility agriculture.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Marketing for Sustainable Tourism Development

edited by

Jonathon Day

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 697 | Submission Open

Keywords: identification of “ideal” target markets for destinations; sustainable destination branding; marketing to achieve sustainable tourism goals; social media and sustainable tourism; destination development and placemaking for sustainability; supply chain management for sustainable tourism; internal marketing for sustainable destinations; experience design and sustainable tourism

Sustainability Assessment and Decision Support for Circular Waste and Resource Systems

edited by

Chun-Hsu Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessment metrics; sustainability; circular economy; net-zero emissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

AI and Smart Technologies for Sustainable Supply Chain Design and Operations

edited by

Yong Won Seo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart technologies; sustainable supply chains; supply chain design; supply chain operation; AI transformation; data-driven decision making; business analytics; Industry 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Innovative Building Envelope Solutions for Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Buildings

edited by Aleksejs Prozuments

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 639 | Submission Open

Keywords: building envelopes; building energy efficiency; smart building materials; indoor environmental quality; building performance simulation; life cycle analysis; climate-responsive design; green building technologies

Advanced Research on Urban Design and Microclimates

edited by

Lingye Yao

, Lihua Zhao,

Zhidian Jiang

and Qianlong Qi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban microclimate; sustainable urban design; climate resilience; thermal comfort; nature-based solutions; urban green and blue infrastructures; carbon neutrality; urban heat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

The Water–Energy–Waste Nexus for Sustainable Development

edited by

Nicolás Velázquez Limón

,

Ricardo López Zavala

,

Mydory Oyuky Nakasima-López

and

Sukey Sayonara Nakasima López

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 594 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; water; energy; waste; circular economy; technology; processes; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Spatial Data for a Sustainable World: Remote Sensing in Geoscientific Research

edited by

Maurizio Milano

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 569 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; spatial data science; environmental sustainability; energy transition and monitoring; geospatial modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)

Improving Wind Energy Systems: The Role of Computational and Experimental Capability in Sustainable Development

edited by

Samah Ben Ayed

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics ; wind systems ; experimental testing ; wind turbine resilience ; performance assessment ; data analysis

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Transitions: Ecosystems, Communities, and Cultural Dynamics

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 451 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurial ecosystems; sustainability transitions; circular economy; eco-design; social innovation; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)

Sustainable Materials Management in the Circular Economy: Metrics, Evidence, and Results

edited by

Henning Friege

and Anne Scheinberg

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable materials management; circular business models; evidence-based best-practice circularity; waste legislation; regulatory framework for circularity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Big Data Applications in Decision-Making and Business Management in the Era of Business Intelligence

edited by

Aleksandra Revina

and

Rizun Nina

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data analytics; business intelligence; decision support systems; sustainable business management; process and organizational complexity; data-driven decision making; digital sustainability; responsible AI; ESG analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Operational Excellence and the Next Steps: Integrating Digitalization and Sustainability for the Future

edited by

Olivia McDermott

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Lean Six Sigma; operational excellence; Lean-Green; Lean-Sustainability; Design for Lean Six Sigma; Design for Lean-Green; circular economy; sustainability; Operational Excellence 4.0; Circular Economy 4.0; Design for Lean-Sustainability; Quality 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Perspectives from the Food–Energy–Water Nexus for Sustainable Natural Ecosystem Development

edited by

Phoebe Koundouri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: Food–Energy–Water–Ecosystem (FEWE) nexus; integrated assessment modeling; dynamic and multi-objective optimization; system dynamics and network analysis; sustainable system transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Digital Transformation for Resilience and Sustainability in Small and Medium Enterprises

edited by

Marjeta Marolt

and

Doroteja Vidmar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: SMEs; digital transformation; resilience; sustainability; adaptive capabilities; digital technologies; sustainable business models; data-driven innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advancing Sustainable Energy Systems: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Costs of Renewable Power

edited by

Quetzalcoatl Hernández-Escobedo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 416 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind energy; photovoltaic energy; thermal energy; hydro energy; hydrogen; techno-economic analysis; levelized cost of energy

Sustainability at the Intersection of Environmental Quality, Circular Economy and Bio-Waste Valorization: Consumer Behavior and Regional Resilience to Climate Change

edited by

Zlatka Knezovic

and

Mladenka Šarolić

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 397 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; bio-waste valorization; circular economy; environmental burdens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Transportation Engineering and the Road Safety

edited by

Jiangbi Hu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation engineering; road safety; infrastructure resilience; vulnerable road users; human factor; highway operation and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Biotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment and Environmental Remediation

edited by Ana Isabel Díaz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; environmental remediation; bioremediation; microbial biotechnology; phytoremediation; biosorption; emerging contaminants; resource recovery; sustainable technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Towards Sustainability: Advanced Research on Precision Agriculture and Smart Farming

edited by

Paola D'Antonio

and

Luis Conceição

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; digital agriculture; agricultural sustainability; technology integration; smart agriculture; resource optimization; agricultural digital transformation; ecological agriculture; crop sensors; precision livestock farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Bridging Renewable Supply and Energy Demand: Advanced Thermal Energy Storage for a Carbon-Neutral Future

edited by Yunren Sui and

Wei Wu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal energy storage; renewable energy; energy storage materials; AI optimization; energy storage efficiency; energy storage density; carbon neutrality; Carnot battery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Development Within Planetary Boundaries: Innovations in Circular Bioeconomy Systems

edited by

Antônio Carlos De Francisco

,

Diego Ramos

and Fabio Neves Puglieri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular bioeconomy; sustainable development; life cycle assessment (LCA); planetary boundaries; bio-based innovation; resource efficiency; ESG integration; sustainable value chains; environmental policy; regenerative systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioeconomy of Sustainability)

Hydrological Modelling and Climate Change Impacts on the Agricultural Sustainability

edited by

Carlos Bautista-Capetillo

, Miguel Servín-Palestina and

Cruz Octavio-Robles Rovelo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; climate change; agricultural sustainability; irrigation; drought; water use efficiency; crop water requirements; remote sensing; uncertainty analysis; adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

AI-Enhanced Systems Modeling and Policy Design for Circular Economy Transition in Agri-Food Systems

edited by

Ujjwal KC

and Sudheer Kumar Battula

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy (CE); agri-food systems; food system resilience; data-driven policy; generative AI (GAI); large language models (LLMs); computational modeling; policy optimization; Bayesian analysis; machine learning (ML)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy

edited by

Qingxiang Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable business models; business model innovation; value creation; circular supply chains; product–service systems; digitalization; industrial symbiosis; sustainability transitions; policy and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Advanced Technologies and Applications for Renewable Energy Integration, Distributed Generation, and Modern Power Systems

edited by

Yang Han

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; sustainable energy systems; renewable energy; grid integration; intelligent power systems; energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Energy Transition: Battery Electric Vehicles, Low-Carbon Fuels and Fuel Cells in Clean Mobility

edited by

Plamen Punov

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: battery electric vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; fuel cells; green hydrogen; sustainable fuels; sustainable mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology for Sustainable Groundwater Resource Management

edited by Dong-Hun Kim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; microbial ecology; bioremediation; aquifer; sustainable water management; contaminant attenuation; biotechnology; subsurface environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Conservation Strategies for Sustaining Fish Biodiversity in Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by

Billy Nzau Matondo

and Elie Montchowui

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystem management; biodiversity; behavioural ecology; composition and community structure; conservation policy; distribution area; environmental threat; growth and survival curve; habitat restoration; home range; invasive species; size-selective mortality; stock assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Preparation of Functionalized Adsorption Materials and Its Application in the Field of Micropollutant Removal

edited by

Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet

and Ma Rosario Moreno-Virgen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: functionalized materials; micropollutants removal; sustainable water depollution; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for Coastal Resilience and the Blue Economy

edited by

Danijela Tuljak-Suban

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM); coastal resilience; blue economy; environmental sensitivity mapping; maritime transportation and logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Energy Systems and Building Materials

edited by Jin-Hee Kim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy systems; photovoltaic–thermal (PVT); building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV); sustainable building materials; vacuum insulation panels (VIP); energy-efficient buildings; renewable energy integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainability in Food Science and Engineering Practices

edited by

Veronica Sanda Chedea

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: food chemistry; sustainable food processing; food science and technology; green food; food waste valorizations; food and nutrition; food analysis; life cycle assessment; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Forest Ecosystems and Wood Supply Chains

edited by

Jan Parobek

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem; integrated management; timber chains; sustainable wood utilization; forest services; climate change; innovation and digitalization; public policy; forest sustainable forest management; wood processing industry; stakeholder inclusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

Smart Materials and Shape Memory Alloys for Sustainable and Resilient Building and Engineering Structures: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Alireza Tabrizikahou

and

Faisal Mukhtar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: shape memory alloys (SMA); smart materials; adaptive facade; kinetic facade; resilient infrastructure; self-centering systems; self-prestressing; structural health monitoring; digital twins; life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

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