Sustainability

Promote Sustainable Development Through Enhanced Building Energy Performance

edited by

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy performance; circular economy; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); sustainable construction; building materials; energy efficiency; material recycling; embodied carbon; green building policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Tourism Planning in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Kaitano Dube

and

Precious Ezeh

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart tourism; tourism aviation; tourism resilience; sustainability; climate policy; adaption; tourism just energy transitions; sustainable destination planning; tourism disaster management

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

Sustainable Water Resources Management: Strategies for Hydrology and the River Systems

edited by Fares Howari

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management; river hydrology; hydrochemistry; water resource planning; climate change adaptation; remote sensing applications; transboundary water governance; water quality assessment; arid regions hydrology; integrated water management

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

Sustainable Seismic Design, Assessment and Retrofit of Buildings

edited by Elisa Saler and

Ciro Del Vecchio

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated seismic and energy retrofit; performance-based seismic design; energy-efficient buildings seismic risk; sustainable design; life-cycle assessment (LCA); low-carbon retrofit solutions

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

Food Management: Effective Strategies for a Sustainable Environment

edited by

Beata Bilska

, Marzena Tomaszewska and Agnieszka Tul-Krzyszczuk

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: food management; food waste reduction; sustainable food consumption; sustainable food production; environmental sustainability; educational programs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Advances in the Urban and Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development

edited by

Xiaofang Dong

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban economics; urban climate adaptation; spatial econometrics; environmental economics; green innovation and industrial transformation; land-use planning

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

Environmental Economics in Sustainable Social Policy Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yuping Shang

,

Xin Zhao

and Xihui Haviour Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; institutional arrangement; environmental protection; low-carbon transition; environmental economics; social policy; economic activity; climate change; resource utilization; interdisciplinary research

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

Tourism and Health Buildings Towards Sustainable Development and Decarbonization

edited by

Edyta Dudkiewicz

and Renata Biela

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open

Keywords: decarbonization of new and existing buildings; energy in building; eco-friendly solutions; energy efficiency; tourism buildings; swimming pools; health tourism; health building; balneotechnology; air quality and protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Novel Fuels and Advanced Combustion Technologies for Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Nuno Costa

and

Amândio Jorge Barroso Rebola

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuels; combustion; energy; low-carbon; circular economy; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Urban Livability and Social Resilience: Intergenerational Justice and Climate Adaptation

edited by

Charles Chang-Yu Hong

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sustainability; climate change adaptation; youth and urban precarity in urban issues; interpellation theory; urban alienation and exclusion; intergenerational conflict; inclusive urban development; urban leisure and recreation; socio-spatial justice; philosophical urban discourse; inclusive urban development; urban leisure and recreation; climate-resilient cities

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

Livestock Breeding and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Ante Ivanković

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock breeding; genetic improvement; robustness; rangelands; agroecosystems; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Recent Advances in the Sustainable Solar Photovoltaic Energy Technology

edited by

Michel Piliougine

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: photovoltaic devices; solar cell technology; module-level power electronics; degradation and fault diagnosis; sustainable photovoltaic systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

New Sustainable Energy Formats in Modern Supply Chain Systems: Transformation Challenges and Innovation Opportunities on Strategies and Models

edited by

Paraskevas Georgiou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain management; green supply chain management; energy value chains; renewable energy value chain; eco-friendly supply chains; business models; decision making; decision support systems; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; logistics; transformation; machine learning; artificial intelligence; stakeholders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Urban Ecosystem in Transition: Integrating Ecology, Design, and Social Innovation for Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Fabio Angeoletto

, Domingos Sávio Barbosa and Normandes Matos da Silva

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; urban biodiversity conservation; urban planning; urban ecosystem services; urban green infrastructures; nature-based solutions; ecology in the city; ecology of the city; ecology for the city; urban ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Microbiomes in Agricultural Ecosystems: Their Role in Soil Fertility, Plant Health, and Ecosystem Sustainability

edited by

Flavio Pereira de Oliveira

,

Tancredo Augusto Souza

and Raphael Moreira Beirigo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural microbiomes; soil fertility; plant–microbe interactions; sustainable agriculture; soil health; biogeochemical cycles; ecosystem sustainability

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

Urban Forest Resilience and the Development of Sustainable Landscapes

edited by

Ryan W. Klein

, Grace John and

Teagan Holly Young

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; risk mitigation; climate-ready urban design; natural resource management; policy; urban heat island effect; municipal green space management; ecosystem dynamics; water cycling; social–ecological systems; urban biodiversity

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

Innovations for Agricultural Water Sustainability in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

edited by

Perry Cabot

,

Burdette Barker

, Atin Majumder and

Wubengeda Admasu Yilma

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart irrigation technologies; drought-resistant agriculture; arid land management; water–food–ecology nexus; climate-resilient agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Renewable Energy Combinations: Integrating Solar, Wind, and Biomass for a Strong Future

edited by Antônio José Vinha Zanuncio

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: hybrid renewable systems; solar–wind integration; biomass energy; forest biomass; solid biofuels; biochar; energy transition; grid stability; dispatchable renewable; techno-economic analysis; life cycle assessment (LCA); circular bioeconomy; microgrids; energy storage; sustainability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Energy Sustainability and Biofuels

edited by

Facundo Joaquín Márquez Rocha

, Miguel Antonio Domínguez Crespo and Aidé Minerva Torres Huerta

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofuels; bioethanol; biodiesel; biohydrogen; biogas; biomass

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Innovative Approaches in Construction: Between Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis—2nd Edition

edited by

Manfredi Saeli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials, methods, processes; waste management and circular economy; adaptable, intelligent and smart materials, responsive environments; interactive structures and building skins; energy and performance modelling, structural analysis; maintenance and management strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Food Supply Chain and Food Waste Management: A Sustainability Perspective

edited by

Erika Ribasauskiene

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: food supply chain; food waste management; sustainable food systems; circular economy; resource efficiency; food loss and waste; supply chain sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Climate Change and the Basin Eco-Hydrology Simulation Research

edited by

Kenneth Imo-Imo Israel Eshiet

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-hydrology; hydrological processes; ecosystem; climate change; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Innovation in Electric Power Systems for Sustainable Electric and Hydrogen Vehicle Integration

edited by

Lucian Dulău

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric power systems; electric vehicles; hydrogen vehicles; sustainable mobility; smart charging and energy management; hydrogen production via electrolysis; coupled electricity–hydrogen systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Policies Under Climate Change

edited by

Ana Vuković Vimić

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; climate change; policy; climate-proofing; vulnerability and risk assessment; climate neutrality; climate resilience; smart adaptation; systemic adaptation; MRV; MEL; loss and damage

Sustainable Energy Systems and Advanced Technologies: Progress, Interdisciplinary Studies and Innovation

edited by

Liangxing Li

and Kailin Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; advanced energy systems; integrated multi‑energy systems; nuclear thermal-hydraulics and severe accident mitigation; artificial intelligence-driven energy utilization and optimization; carbon capture and utilization; materials science; advanced thermodynamic cycle; flow and heat transfer; high-power electronics cooling; industrial energy efficiency (e.g., HVAC&R); net-zero future; circular economy and low-carbon technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Innovation and Strategic Management in Business

edited by

Yan Yan

, Jingjing Zhang and Yinghuan Wang

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 9 articles | Viewed by 49642 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; strategic management; artificial intelligence; digital transformation; network; policy

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

Energy Economics: The Trade-Offs Between Economics, Energy, and Sustainability

edited by

Mehdi Seraj

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 12 articles | Viewed by 26868 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy economics; sustainability; energy transition; environmental economics; economic growth; renewable energy; energy policy; climate change; energy pricing; sustainable development

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

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Urban Tourism

edited by

Patrizia Riganti

and

Antonia Gravagnuolo

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 11 articles | Viewed by 22852 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; cultural heritage preservation; over-tourism; circular economy in tourism; heritage regeneration; community-led tourism; responsible tourism; heritage interpretation; tourism sustainability; cultural identity in tourism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Ecological Transition in Economics

edited by

Chun-Chih Chen

and

Hsiao-Tien Pao

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7475 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological economics; sustainability transition; green policies; resource management; circular economy; environmental governance; socio-economic development; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

Intelligent Sustainable Built Environments: AI, Robotics, and Digital Twins for Net-Zero Futures

edited by

Sepehr AlizadehSalehi

and

Ahmad Hadavi

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3637 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sustainable built environments; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML); digital twins and cyber-physical systems; construction robotics and automation; PropTech and real estate innovation; net-zero cities; smart infrastructure and resilient systems; generative design and lifecycle optimization; human–robot collaboration; data interoperability and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Integrated Sustainable Design: Toward Human-Centered and High-Performance Built Environments

edited by Kyungsun Lee and

Jiyoung Park

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3542 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sustainable design; green building strategies; net-zero and energy-efficient buildings; environmental building technology; daylighting and simulation-based design; healthy and sustainable built environment; emotional and behavioral design; affordance-based spatial planning; human-centered sustainability; sustainable spatial performance evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Research on Resource Utilization of Solid Waste

edited by

Ning Yuan

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2750 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste; adsorption; catalysis; buildings; concrete; environments; energy

Soil Restoration and Sustainable Utilization

edited by Bo Zhang

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil remediation; soil restoration; sustainable utilization; soil restoration and sustainable utilization

The Nexus of Energy Efficiency, Sustainability and Resilience

edited by

Daniela Cristina Momete

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1232 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; sustainability; resilience; renewable energy; resource management; environmental stewardship; circular economy; systemic risks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Towards Sustainable Futures: Innovations in the Education

edited by

Alberto Zapatera Llinares

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1201 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational innovation; sustainable development goals (SDGs); STEAM learning; STEAM∀H (for all humanity), interdisciplinary education; active learning; artificial intelligence in education (AIEd); teacher training; inclusive education; EdTech and digital transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Innovative Approaches to Air Quality Monitoring and Health Impact Assessment

edited by

Elvira Kovač-Andrić

and Vlatka Gvozdić

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 790 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality monitoring; health impact assessment; sustainable development; sensor technologies; exposure assessment; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)

Environmental Impact Assessment and Restoration Management for Sustainable Development

edited by

Gensheng Li

,

Peijun Wang

and Hengfang Wang

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 743 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental impact assessment; ecological restoration; sustainable development; water environment governance; soil improvement; vegetation restoration; environmental modeling; ecological risk assessment

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

Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainable Food Systems for Global Health

edited by

Diana Bogueva

and

Dora Marinova

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; nutrition; food policy; food systems; health; resilience; polycrisis; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Smart and Sustainable Bridges for the Future

edited by

Dalei Wang

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart bridge management; sustainable infrastructure; digital twin; AI-driven inspection; life-cycle assessment; multi-objective optimization; structural health monitoring; data fusion evaluation method; multi-task agents; robotics in civil engineering; resilient bridge systems; green materials; climate adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Marine Renewable Energy and Power Electronic-Based Sustainable Systems

edited by

Shuli Wen

, Ningyi Dai and

Komla A. Folly

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine renewable energy; mobile microgrid; seaport and island microgrids; energy router; energy management; energy storage system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Management of Emerging Contaminants in Water and Food Systems

edited by

Vasiliki Boti

, Dimitra Hela and

Christina Nannou

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; water–food nexus; sustainable risk assessment; advanced analytical methodologies; circular economy and mitigation strategies; source control and green chemistry; One Health approach

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

Intelligent Control and Sustainable Optimization of Circular Lithium-Ion Battery Systems

edited by Fernanda Corrêa and

Thiago Antonini Alves

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; electric mobility; energy storage systems; circular economy; sustainable battery lifecycle; second-life batteries; battery recycling; battery safety and SOH monitoring; AI for battery systems; sustainable energy transitions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in the Application of Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning for Sustainability

edited by

Teresa Santos

and

Rui Pedro Julião

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban planning; spatial modelling; climate resilience; spatial decision support systems; geospatial data integration

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

Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2026)

edited by

Oz Sahin

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability comparisons and measurements; green economy and better governance; sustainable resilience of systems; environmental policy and management; energy policy; energy systems; renewable energy sources; waste and wastewater treatment; water–energy nexus; energy and water efficiency

Towards Industry 5.0: Sustainable, Resilient Production and Human-Centric Manufacturing

edited by

Paulo Peças

submission deadline 3 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5192 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 5.0; sustainability; human-centric manufacturing; resilient production; sustainable business models; green manufacturing; circular economy; twin transition

Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Management

edited by

Muhammad Shafiq Shahid

,

Rajarshi Kumar Gaur

and Natasha Manzoor

submission deadline 3 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2395 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; environmental management; plant–pathogen interactions; nanotechnology in crop protection; climate-smart agriculture; soil and water conservation; biological control and plant health; crop resilience and stress tolerance; agricultural biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Governance, Innovation and Eco-Friendly Regional Energy Transitions

edited by Florian Weber and

Teva Meyer

submission deadline 3 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1838 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy transitions; multi-level governance; regional and local scale; sustainable energy paths

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Materials Chemistry and Technologies

edited by

Chenxi Zhai

, Tianjiao Li and Haoyuan Shi

submission deadline 3 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; materials chemistry; materials physics; multiscale modeling and simulation; mechanics; materials properties; process–structure–property relationship; soft materials; metals; polymers; ceramics; composites; additive manufacturing; machine learning; artificial intelligence

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

Sustainable Air Transport Management and Sustainable Mobility

edited by

Jin-Woo Park

submission deadline 5 Mar 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12394 | Submission Open

Keywords: air transport sustainable development; sustainable aviation; smart technology; green technologies; fuel efficiency; eco-friendly airports; eco-friendly operations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Traffic and Mobility—2nd Edition

edited by