Sustainability

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Manufacturing Systems and Digital Twins: How to Move Towards Sustainability in the Era of Industry 4.0

edited by

Arnis Lektauers

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; sustainable manufacturing; Industry 4.0; simulation-based design; cyber-physical systems; predictive maintenance; smart factories; lifecycle management; system-of-systems

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

Sustainable Public Transit Systems: Innovative Design, Planning and Operational Strategies

edited by Gregory L. Newmark and

Hossain Mohiuddin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: public transit operations; public transit fleet electrification; autonomous and smart transit systems; first- and last-mile planning; emerging mobility and public transit

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advances in Sustainable Battery Materials and Electrochemical Storage

edited by

Ying-De Huang

, Zhouliang Tan, Pengpeng Zhang and Chenyang Shi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; sodium/potassium-ion batteries; electrolyte development; solid-state electrolytes; aqueous secondary batteries; key materials for anodes and cathodes; battery resource recycling; electrochemical energy storage; advanced energy storage materials; advanced battery characterization techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Utilization of Organic Solid Waste for Materials and Energy Sustainability

edited by Mengmeng Fan, Hao Sun and Changzhou Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic solid waste; carbon materials; biofuels; biogas; thermochemical conversion; biochemical conversion; techno-economic and life-cycle assessments; green energy; circular economy

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

The Sustainability of Biomass and Bioenergy in a Future Bioeconomy

edited by

Silvia Layara Floriani Andersen

, Elise Watzko and Astrid Altamar Consuegra

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass energy conversion; advanced biofuels; energy policy; circular economy; biohydrogen

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Product Design, Manufacturing and Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Diego Castro Fettermann

and Marcia Elisa Soares Echeveste

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital products and services; Industry 4.0; sustainable products and services; product service systems; smart manufacturing; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Products and Services)

Life Cycle Thinking and Circular Economy for Sustainable Industrial Production

edited by

Ioannis Arzoumanidis

and

Manuela D’Eusanio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; industrial ecology; circular economy; life cycle thinking; life cycle assessment; life cycle costing; social life cycle assessment; case studies; methodological challenges

Sustainable Urban Mobility Network and Public Transport

edited by Kaiqi Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mobility; public transport; mobility networks; inclusive mobility; mobility equity; accessibility; multimodal transport; regional connectivity

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

Protecting Natural and Cultural Heritage: Sustainable Tourism Development

edited by

Tomasz Studzieniecki

and

Beata Meyer

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; cultural heritage protection; natural heritage conservation; regenerative tourism; responsible tourism; overtourism management; sustainable development goals (SDGs); destination management; community resilience; tourism policy and planning

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

Advances in Sustainable Drainage Systems and Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Susanne Charlesworth

and

Bastien Dieppois

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable drainage system; nature-based solutions; performance and efficiency; climate-change resilience; urban and rural; informality; bioremediation; drainage and wastewater management

Sustainable Monitoring Systems for Optimizing Building Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality

edited by

Dorota Anna Krawczyk

and

Vincenzo Ballerini

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; indoor air quality (IAQ); thermal comfort; smart monitoring systems; HVAC; heat pumps; decarbonization; Internet of Things (IoT); microcontrollers; predictive control and automation; sustainable building design; data-driven building management; predictive models

(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 | Viewed by 24 | 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)

Sustainable Innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 3rd Edition

edited by

Jianghang Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; innovative technologies; logistics; supply chain management; business models; mathematical modeling; case and empirical studies

Sustainable Coastal and Estuary Management—2nd Edition

edited by Rhoda Ballinger

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal management; estuary management; governance; sustainability; socioecological systems; community engagement; blue energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Recent Advances in Environmental Economics Toward Sustainability

edited by

Liliana Ionescu-Feleaga

Elena Condrea

Ionela Munteanu

and

Bogdan Ştefan Ionescu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2592 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental economics; performance assessment; sustainability evaluation; sustainable finance; ESG; performance metrics; digitalization; circular economy

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

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