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Sustainable Innovation and Management for Green Hotels

edited by Christina Beneki and

Naoum Mylonas

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: green hotels; sustainable innovation; environmental management in hospitality; green technologies; hotel sustainability certification; sustainable service design; eco-friendly operations; digital transformation in hotels; green human resource management; sustainable customer experience

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

Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture: Soil, Water and Crops: 2nd Edition

edited by

Nektarios N. Kourgialas

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil/water and crop management approaches for sustainable agriculture; geoinformatics and decision support systems; precision agriculture and irrigation technologies; climate-related; environmental; and agronomic adaptive practices; hydrological extremes and water/soil erosion in agroecosystems; water/soil pollution and reuse of treated water

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

Innovation for Sustainable Growth: Strategies, Systems, and Global Perspectives

edited by

Oana Florina Virlanuta

and Teresa Paiva

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; green innovation; technological change; innovation ecosystems; circular economy; inclusive economic growth; sustainable entrepreneurship; digital innovation; policy and governance for innovation; sustainable development goals (SDGs); resilient economies; innovation and public policy; collaborative innovation

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

Atmospheric Science Research in the Context of Sustainable Development

edited by

Mounia Tahri

and

Abdelfettah Benchrif

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric science; sustainable development; global change; climate change; air quality; environmental policy; climate modeling; atmospheric physics

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

Promote Sustainable Development Through Enhanced Building Energy Performance

edited by

Papadaki Dimitra

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 105 | 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)

Towards Healthy and Low-Carbon Indoor Environments: Innovations in HVAC and Building Design

edited by

Xiaolei Yuan

Yu Wang

and Haizhou Fang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthy buildings; low-carbon HVAC; thermal comfort; indoor air quality; decarbonization; passive design; personalized environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

UAV Remote Sensing, Precision Agronomy, and Resource Optimization Strategies

edited by

Le Xu

and Shen Yuan

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agriculture; remote sensing inversion; machine learning; crop stress diagnosis; precision farm management; hyperspectral imaging; AI-driven decision-making; yield prediction modeling; data-driven agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainability in the Manufacturing of Composite Material

edited by

Thywill Cephas Dzogbewu

and

Deon De Beer

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: recyclability; composite materials; sustainability; additive manufacturing; waste reduction

Green Chemistry in Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Lucas Patricio Hernández-Saravia

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; (bio)electrochemical sensor; sustainability; energy storage; nanomaterial; green synthesis; sensors; catalysis

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

Lean Manufacturing and Sustainable Performance in Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

José Dinis-Carvalho

Justyna Trojanowska

and

Malgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability in manufacturing; advanced data analytics; digitalization; lean operational excellence; smart manufacturing; data-driven Lean; Lean Supply Chain 4.0; circular supply chains

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Green and Sustainable Buildings: Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Performance of Buildings

edited by

Mariangela Musolino

Domenico Enrico Massimo

and

Francesco Calabrò

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building strategy; energy valuation; valuation of green buildings; prototype building to enforce sustainability; appraisal; valuation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Energy Trade and Environmental Performance: Technological Innovations and Human Responses

edited by

András Szeberényi

Norbert Bozsik

and Vilmos Vass

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy trade; environmental performance; artificial intelligence (AI); climate change psychology; behavioral responses; energy policy and governance; low-carbon transition

Research on Sustainable Public Transportation System: Behavior, Safety and Planning—2nd Edition

edited by

Sangho Choo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: public transportation systems; public transportation planning; travel behavior; multimodal transport systems; safety; mobility as a service; large language models (LLMs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Decoding Plastic Behavior in the Environment through Analytical Characterization: Current Advances and Perspectives

edited by

Tiziano Di Giulio

, Silvia Fraissinet and Elisabetta Mazzotta

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; nanoplastics; XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy); FTIR/Raman spectroscopy; SEM-EDX; pyrolysis– GC– MS; contaminant sorption; plastic degradation; ecological impacts; sustainable remediation strategies

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

The Role of Smart Grids in Promoting Sustainable Energy Practices

edited by

Zhiqiang Geng

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; green energy transformation; distributed energy transactions; big data analysis; energy storage systems

Soil Remediation and Restoration for Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Ting Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil amendments; emerging contaminants in soil; saline– alkali soil remediation; machine learning; soil pollutant prediction; heavy metals

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

Energy Transition, Sustainable Growth and Economic Development

edited by Lefteris Tsoulfidis

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: green energy transition; economic sustainability; sustainable growth; energy prices; green energy subsidies; competitiveness; empirical economic analysis; country-specific impacts; social economy institutions; forward-looking economic models

Nature’s Balance: Advancing Sustainability and Stewardship: Rethinking Ecotourism, Agri/Agrotourism and/or Tourism & Hospitality with Nature in Mind

edited by Kimberly Thomas-Francois

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotourism; agritourism; tourism and hospitality; sustainability; sustainable development; regenerative tourism; sustainable tourism technologies; environmental stewardship; nature tourism

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

Sustainable Road Transport System Planning and Optimization—2nd Edition

edited by

Yusheng Ci

Lina Wu

and

Ming Wei

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; transport planning; public transport; fuel consumption and emission; spatiotemporal analysis; big data; traffic safety; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Agriculture for a Resilient Future: Integrating Biodiversity, Climate Strategies and Policy Innovations

edited by

Manuel Oliva

and

Santos Leiva-Espinoza

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; biodiversity; climate change; public policies; resource management; Agenda 2030

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advances in Waste Biomass and Environmental Sustainability: 2nd Edition

edited by

Lucília Sousa Ribeiro

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; wastes; hydrothermal treatment; pyrolysis; catalysis; sustainability

Sustainable Materials and Innovative Techniques for Green and Safe Mining

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: green mining; safe mining; sustainable materials; strata control; backfilling; waste utilization; functional materials; underground structural supporting; heat insulation; grouting

Digitalization and Circular Sustainability Development

edited by

Wee Meng Eric Lee

and Arif Perdana

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainability; resource efficiency; waste reduction; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things; blockchain; big data analytics; technology; innovation

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

Towards a Sustainable Electric Vehicle Ecosystem: Challenges and Innovations

edited by Andrea Pellegrini and Shobhit Saxena

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric vehicle uptake; transport electrification; clean transportation; infrastructure planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Enhancing Sustainable Hydrological and Geochemical Modeling for Intelligent Water Resource Management

edited by

Adam Porowski

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; predictive models; geochemical modeling; hydraulic models; water resources; water quality; pollution migration; groundwater; watershed; groundwater origin; recharge zone; climate change; catastrophic weather events; adaptation scenarios; threat mitigation; protection of water resources; protection of water quality; data integration

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

Advances in Energy Storage Technologies to Meet Future Energy Demands

edited by Yunhui Huang and

Peng Wei

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

Keywords: energy storage; renewable energy; sustainable energy; a low-carbon energy future; battery technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Rethinking Transformation Tourism: Meaning, Marketing, and the Quest for Self in a Climate Emergency

edited by Kostas Tomazos

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: transformation tourism; tourism meaning; alienation; spirituality and wellness; methodological innovations; inclusivity; power and narrative in transformation tourism; cases studies in transformation tourism and sustainability; ethical implications

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

Soil Microbiota and Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems

edited by Gábor Csitári

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant production; soil microbial communities; soil management methods; succession of microbial communities; diversity pattern; soil ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Blockchain Applications in Sustainable Economic Management and Business Research

edited by Daniel Oliveira Cajueiro and

Benjamin Miranda Tabak

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; sustainability; climate finance; supply chains; ESG; smart contracts; governance; emissions tracking; decentralized finance; traceability

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

Grid Resilience, Modernization, and the Interplay of Distributed Energy Resources Towards Sustainability

edited by

Chaouki Ghenai

and Oussama Rejeb

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed energy resources; renewables & advanced energy storage; electric vehicle and vehicle-to-grid V2G; digital twins and virtual power plants; edge-AI & model-predictive control; grid resilience & reliability metrics; fault location; isolation and service restoration; automated distribution management systems; demand response & flexibility markets; blockchain and cybersecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Quality Education: Innovations, Challenges, and Practices

edited by

Amador Jesús Lara Sánchez

and

Celia Marcen

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5729 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality; innovation; inequalities; future; training; knowledge; technology; learning; teaching

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

Innovation of CAV: Advanced Technology and Sustainable Applications

edited by

Jiandong Zhao

Yanyan Qin

and

Zhihong Yao

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected and automated vehicle; environmental perception; decision making and control; artificial intelligence; large language model; shared CAV; multimodal transportation; sustainable traffic

Sustainable Energy Futures: Unleashing the Potential of Renewable Resources

edited by

Kuljeet Singh Grewal

and Misbaudeen Adesanya

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy Integration; sustainable energy transitions; low-carbon systems; energy justice and equity; hybrid renewable energy systems; energy policy and governance; sustainability metrics and assessment; simulation-based energy planning; data-driven energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Soundscapes, Tranquillity and Urban Wellbeing: Towards Sustainable and Equitable Acoustic Environments

edited by Efstathios Margaritis

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: soundscape; urban tranquillity; environmental noise; wellbeing; artificial intelligence; environmental justice; geospatial analysis; restorative environments; urban sustainability; spatial planning

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

Sustainable Logistics 4.0

edited by Elisabeth T. Pereira

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; sustainable logistics models; new challenges of sustainable logistics; innovative solutions of sustainable logistics; digital transformation; smart and sustainable supply chain; supply chain resilience; circular economy; green logistics; new technologies and sustainable logistics; cyber– physical systems; IoT; big data; artificial intelligence

Exploring the Nexus Between Project Management, Innovation and Sustainability

edited by

Mladen Vukomanovic

and Lana Lovrencic Butkovic

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable project management; tripple bottom line; ESG principles; regenerative design; project delivery; sustainable competencies

Sustainable Bioconversion of Biomass and Waste

edited by

Xiaoyu Zuo

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass bioconversion; biofuels; sustainable energy; biogas; biohydrogen; bioethanol; organic acids

Case Studies on Wind Turbine Noise

edited by

Luca Fredianelli

and

Gino Iannace

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind turbine noise; annoyance; sleep disturbance; noise assessment; acoustic impact

Circular Economy and Competitiveness in the Era of Global Sustainability Transitions

edited by

Wei Li

and

Xiaoguang Liu

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; competitiveness; sustainability transitions; green innovation; resource efficiency

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

Redefining the Built Future: Next-Gen Materials and Resilient Construction for a Low-Impact World

edited by

Sławomir Czarnecki

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-impact materials; sustainable construction; bio-based composites; carbon-negative materials; resilient building systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainability of the Built Environment: New Approaches to Achieving Global Goals

edited by

and

submission deadline 2 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: passive architectural design; regenerative design; sustainability assessment methods; long-time architecture perspective; sustainable practices; energy-efficiency; low-carbon; vernacular construction; flexible design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Public Policy and Economic Analysis in Sustainability Transitions

edited by

Vilelmine Carayanni

submission deadline 2 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability transitions; public policy; socioeconomic evaluations; primary and secondary studies

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

Consumer Behaviour, Circular Economy, and Innovation: Driving Sustainable Consumption

edited by

Vera Teixeira Vale

submission deadline 3 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; consumer behaviour; innovation; sustainable consumption; green marketing; systemic change

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

Environmental Assessment of Noise Pollution Under Sustainable Development

edited by Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin and Margret Sybille Engel

submission deadline 3 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; noise pollution; sustainable acoustics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Sustainability in Food Security, Food Safety, and the Agri-Food Supply Chain

edited by

Balan Sundarakani

submission deadline 5 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: food security; agrifood supply chain; resiliency; framework for food supply chains; sustainability; technology’ s role in food supply; urban farming; creative solutions for food security; sustainable food production and consumption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Traffic and Mobility—2nd Edition

edited by

Yanyan Xu

Yu Shen

and Chunxiao Li

submission deadline 5 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart transportation ; public transportation ; travel behavior ; shared mobility ; environmentally friendly mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Promoting Energy Transition: Harnessing Solar Energy and Geothermal Resources

edited by

Yaran Wang

and Yan Jiang

submission deadline 5 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar photovoltaic technologies; photovoltaic power generation; enhanced geothermal systems; hybrid energy solutions; grid integration strategies; economics; environmental impact analysis; sustainability

Digital-Driven Green Transformation: Synergizing Economy, Climate Governance and Sustainable Development

edited by

Wen Chen

and Jianguang Zeng

submission deadline 6 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate FinTech; digital carbon footprint; green innovation incentives; ESG data governance; AI for climate risk; blockchain-enabled carbon markets; sustainable digital transformation; circular economy platforms; carbon efficiency analytics; green finance policy

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

Sustainable Industrial Engineering and Quality Management

edited by

Su-Fen Yang

Shin-Li Lu

and

Kashinath Chatterjee

submission deadline 7 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial engineering; quality management; green manufacturing

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

The Convergence of IoT and Energy System: Advancing Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Christos Spandonidis

and

Fotis Giannopoulos

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT); smart energy systems; renewable energy integration; smart grids; energy efficiency; predictive analytics in energy; decentralized energy systems; IoT-enabled sustainability; cybersecurity in energy networks; blockchain for energy management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

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