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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 312 | 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 272 | 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)

New Battery Material and Process Developments for the Construction of Environmentally Friendly Energy Systems

edited by

Jun Su Park

and

Sangkyu Lee

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: thick electrode technology; silicon anode; hybrid battery; aqueous battery; three-dimensional battery processing; environmentally friendly energy systems; sustainable energy storage; green manufacturing; solid-state batteries; battery recycling; battery reuse

Sustainable Development Technologies and Applications Based on the 2D Materials

edited by

Nilanthy Balakrishnan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2D materials; sustainable development; energy and environmental applications; circular economy; green technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Food Safety and Quality Control: Recent Trends and Sustainable Future Outlook

edited by

Tareq Osaili

and

Nada El Darra

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; food quality control; microbiological contamination; chemical contamination; sustainable practices; one health; hurdle technologies; biosensors; artificial intelligence in food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Durability and Reliability of Sustainable Materials: Mechanisms, Applications, and Future Directions

edited by

Katarzyna Panasiuk

and

Sebastian Sławski

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; degradation; mechanisms; design; lifecycle; durability; reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Smart City Education for Sustainability: Community Participation in Urban Innovation

edited by

Rogerio Campos-Rebelo

and

Isabel Sofia Sousa Brito

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: model‑based learning approaches for sustainability; smart city; urban living; community engagement; digital participation; citizen‑driven innovation; IoT solutions

Biomass and Solid Wastes to Renewable Fuel, Value-Added Chemicals, and Functional Materials

edited by

Ye Wang

Xudong Liu

, Fuhuan Wang and Chao Sun

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; solid waste; biofuels and biochemicals; CO2 catalytic utilization; environmental pollutant management

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

Sustainable Electrical Engineering and PV Microgrids

edited by Ignacio Martin-Diaz

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5944 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed energy; renewable energy production; PV microgrids; sustainable energy management; energy storage; predictive maintenance; condition monitoring; transient phenomena in electric networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Energy Sustainability in the 21st Century

edited by

Tonmoy Choudhury

, Panagiotis Kokkalis and

Fakhrul Hasan

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3239 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy sustainability; energy economics; renewable energy; energy efficiency; low‑carbon transition; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Food Systems

edited by Jared G. Carlberg

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2893 | Submission Open

Keywords: food systems; sustainability; nutrition and health; agriculture; food processing; environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Digital Twin-Driven Energy Systems Optimization: From Algorithm Innovation to Low-Carbon Operation

edited by Lingxiao Yang, Shunyuan Xiao, Yushuai Li and

Ning Zhang

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2520 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; energy system optimization; low-carbon operation; AI-driven modeling; federated learning; predictive control; multi-energy integration; decentralized energy management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Management Framework and Operations in the Era of Industry 4.0 with Generative AI

edited by

Rupal Mandania

, Jiyin Liu and Grammatoula Papaioannou

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2370 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable operations management; Industry 4.0; generative analytics integration; sustainable supply chain and logistics

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

Advancing Environmental Sustainability Through Life Cycle Assessment

edited by

Zenon Foltynowicz

and

Anna Lewandowska

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2193 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessment; decision-making; impact; life cycle; sustainability

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

Pathways to Sustainable Good Health and Well-Being: Integrating Environmental, Social and Economic Resilience for SDG 3

edited by

De-Chih Lee

, I-Hsiung Chang and

Feng-Hua Yang

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1601 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goal 3; health and well-being; sustainability; environmental resilience; social resilience; economic resilience; health systems; policy and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Sustainable Development of Higher Education: Pathways, Challenges, and Innovations Toward 2030

edited by

Mariana Cernicova-Buca

and

Vasile Gherheș

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1445 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; higher education institutions; education for sustainable development (ESD); campus sustainability; organizational change; equity and inclusion; community engagement; sustainability assessment; SDG integration

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

Operation and Control of Sustainable Power and Renewable Energy Systems

edited by Changzheng Shao and Yifan Su

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1171 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable power systems; renewable energy integration; optimization and control of sustainable power; artificial intelligence in renewable energy systems; distributed energy resources control in distribution systems; dispatch of renewable-dominated power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Use of Innovative and Sustainable Materials in the Construction of Buildings

edited by

Ahmed Godat

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 758 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; innovative building materials; green materials; geopolymer materials; carbon footprint reduction; smart materials; energy-efficient buildings; durability and performance; environmental impact assessment

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

Emerging Digital Technologies for Sustainable Development

edited by Adel Bouhoula and

Waleed Al-Zubari

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; internet of things (IoT); blockchain; digital twins; sustainable development goals (SDGs); sustainability measurement; circular economy; smart cities; digital governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Health, Climate Change and Sustainability

edited by Selin Akaraci

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; health sustainability; air pollution; green and blue spaces; environmental exposures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Recent Advances in Nanotechnology and Composites from the Perspective of Sustainable Materials

edited by

Heeyoung Lee

Wonseok Chung

and Sanghyeon Cho

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; cementitious composites; construction materials; microstructure; low-carbon materials; nanocomposites; sustainable infrastructure; carbon reduction; composite structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainability, Reliability and Safety of Coastal and Marine Technical Systems

edited by

Magdalena Bogalecka

and

Beata Magryta-Mut

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal and marine systems; coastal and offshore infrastructure; sustainable development; anthropogenic pressure; marine infrastructure management; environmental impact assessment; system reliability; system safety; system resilience; risk mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Waste Management Practice-Based Approaches to the Optimization of Waste

edited by Bettina Hauge

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste optimization; waste behavior and practices; waste initiatives; citizen inclusion; residues and new life; reuse, repair and recycling of waste; digital technology in waste

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

Small Business Strategies for Sustainable and Circular Economy

edited by

Melody Lanette Adkins LeHew

, Jennifer Johnson Jorgensen and

Yue Teng Vaughan

submission deadline 2 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9661 | Submission Open

Keywords: circularity; business models; sustainability; SMEs; consumer behavior; supply chain; eco-innovation; economic impact; product life cycle; zero waste

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

The Energy–Economy–Environment Nexus: Innovations for a Sustainable Future

edited by Iman Janghorban Esfahani

submission deadline 2 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy–economy–environment nexus; sustainable development; low-carbon transitions; green innovation; circular economy; renewable energy systems; climate policy and governance; environmental economics; sustainable energy finance; socio-economic resilience

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

Sustainable Use of Water Resources and the Preservation of Biodiversity in Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by

Vesna Djikanović

Katarina Jovičić

and

Dušan Nikolić

submission deadline 2 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater fish; population dynamics; bioindicators; conservation strategies; impact of stressors; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Built Environment and Green Building Design

edited by

Erika Dolnikova

and

Dušan Katunský

submission deadline 3 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1153 | Submission Open

Keywords: daylighting; visual comfort; acoustics; thermal protection; building physics; architecture; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Green Shipping and Sustainable Operational Strategies of Clean Energy

edited by

Siljung Yeo

and

Hayoung Jang

submission deadline 3 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 971 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable shipping; green shipping; alternative marine fuels; lifecycle assessment; maritime decarbonization; risk assessment; clean-energy ships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability: From Green Algorithms to Smart Applications

edited by

Emanuele Buchicchio

Giovanna Sannino

and Ripal Ranpara

submission deadline 3 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 633 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; green computing; energy efficiency; smart systems; uncertainty quantification, sustainable ai; enterprise information systems; software sustainability; energy-aware computing; environmental decision support

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

Sustainable Electricity and Smart Grids: Navigating the Future of the Energy Transition

edited by

Miloud Rezkallah

and

Ambrish Chandra

submission deadline 4 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; intelligent energy management; renewable energy integration; distributed energy resources; real time optimization; demand response; energy efficiency; digital twin; storage system; AI-based control algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Plant Responses and Adaptation to Climate Change: Implications for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sustainability

edited by

Srdjan Stojnic

Raul Antonio Sperotto

and

Evangelia V. Avramidou

submission deadline 4 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; plants; biodiversity; ecosystems; sustainability; adaptation; mitigation

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

Advances in Sustainable Food Technology and Food Industry

edited by George V. Ntourtoglou,

Evangelia Anastasia Tsapou

, Tzamourani Aikaterini,

Alexandra Evangelou

and

Sebastiana Failla

submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2716 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; by-products; food innovation; green technologies; waste valorization; resource efficiency; food industry; sustainable processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sediment Transport in River Flows and Fluvial Hydraulics for Sustainable Development

edited by

and

submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1640 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment transport; fluvial hydraulics; aquatic vegetation

Integrated Geographies of Risk, Natural Hazards and Sustainability—3rd Edition

edited by

Francesco De Pascale

and

Leonardo Mercatanti

submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 950 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; climate change; disasters; human geography; geography of risk; natural hazards; physical geography; social perception; sustainability; vulnerability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)

Circular Economy Value Optimization in Global Sustainable Supply Chains

edited by

Nathan Mauck

submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 410 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; supply chain management; value optimization; sustainable business models; closed-loop supply chains; global value chains; circularity performance measurement; servitization

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

Geographic Information Engineering and Geoenvironmental Sustainability: 2nd Edition

edited by Kangjae Lee and

Eun-Jung Kim

submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: green and blue space; built environment; geospatial data analytics; machine learning; deep learning; explainable artificial intelligence

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

Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development

edited by David Barkin and

Erika Carcaño-Valencia

submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological economics; sustainable development; socio-ecological resilience; indigenous knowledge; the commons

Achieving Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Agricultural Systems: Policy, Evaluation and Market Insights

edited by

Gabriele Scozzafava

and

Tommaso Fantechi

submission deadline 6 Feb 2027 | 10 articles | Viewed by 6201 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic sustainability; high environmental value crops; multifunctional agriculture; ecosystem services; sustainable rural development; product valorization; consumer behaviour

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advancing Environmental Management and Sustainability: Innovation, Digital Technologies and Solutions

edited by

Ana Fonseca

submission deadline 6 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1191 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental management; environmental technologies; sustainability integration; circular economy; carbon footprint; ESG; environmental innovation; energy management; pollution control; triple bottom line

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Groundwater Sustainability: Scientific, Environmental and Societal Challenges

edited by

María Vincenta Esteller-Alberich

submission deadline 6 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable groundwater management; groundwater governance; integrated water resources management; sustainability indicators; groundwater quality; groundwater (over)exploitation; hydrogeological modelling; climate change impacts; socio-environmental systems

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

Environmental Footprints and Sustainable Development

edited by

Paula Quinteiro

María Margallo

and Ana Cláudia Dias

submission deadline 7 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1427 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental impact assessment; sustainable development; environmental management; climate change; circular economy; nutritional footprint; carbon footprint; socioeconomic assessment

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

Integrating Sustainability into Construction Engineering and Project Management

edited by

Sameh M. El-Sayegh

and

Salma Ahmed

submission deadline 8 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 549 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; risk management; building information modeling (BIM); procurement; project scheduling; project controls; safety management; supply chain management; delays, cost overruns, and claims; lifecycle cost analysis

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

Digital Twin–Enabled Sustainable Supply Chains for an Environmentally Friendly Economy

edited by

Ming Liu

and

Zhongzheng Liu

submission deadline 9 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4972 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain; digital-twin supply chain; supply chain resilience; maritime supply chain; environmental-friendly economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Quality and Sustainability: The Way to Improvement

edited by

Paulo Sampaio

and

Paula Ferreira

submission deadline 9 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1207 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality; sustainability; integration; value creation

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

Sustainability Physical Asset Life Cycles

edited by

José Manuel Torres Farinha

, Ana Carla Vieira and Hugo David Nogueira Raposo

submission deadline 9 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 768 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; physical assets; physical asset management; industrial maintenance; reliability; artificial intelligence; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Structural Resilience Under Extreme Loads: Materials, Modeling, and Safety Innovations

edited by

Ruiyuan Huang

, Jian Ma and Zhongbao Ye

submission deadline 9 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme load events; civil engineering structures; lifecycle; resilient structures; simulation techniques; design frameworks; damage detection; health monitoring; recovery strategies; machine learning; artificial intelligence applications

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

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