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Applications of Sustainable Energy and Advanced Air Conditioning Technologies in Building Energy Efficiency

edited by

Yabin Guo

Ruixin Li

and Jiayin Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy; air conditioning; refrigeration systems; data-driven methods; machine learning; energy saving; building environment; smart building; energy conservation; solar photovoltaic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Innovative Materials for Sustainable Water Remediation Technologies

edited by

Raúl Cortés-Martínez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water treatment; advanced functional materials; surface modification; nanostructured adsorbents; contaminant removal; circular economy; water treatment technologies; life cycle assessment

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

Towards Climate-Neutral and Resilient Building and Urban Energy Systems

edited by

Miguel Á. García-Fuentes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-neutral cities; energy efficient buildings; urban resilience; decarbonization; smart and flexible energy systems; low-carbon buildings; energy transition; sustainable urban planning; building retrofitting; climate adaptation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for Sustainable Future

edited by

Ileana Nicoleta Popescu

and

Badriyah Alhalaili

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

Keywords: sustainable environment; novel materials; nanomaterials; composites; eco-friendly materials; ecological processes; nanotechnology; green technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Quality Management in Manufacturing, Industrial, and Systems Engineering for Green Sustainability—2nd Edition

edited by

Nita Yodo

and

Arup Dey

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

Keywords: quality management; sustainability; industrial engineering; manufacturing processes; system integrations; Industry 4.0/5.0; supply chains; lean manufacturing; six sigma; operations research; data analysis; advanced manufacturing; standards and policies

Sustainable Development of Construction Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1727 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction engineering; green buildings; low-carbon buildings; construction industry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Soil Quality and Innovation in Agriculture: Dynamics, Indicators, and Sustainability, 2nd Edition

edited by

Eleftherios Evangelou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1645 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality indicators; sustainable soil management; soil quality monitoring; innovation in agriculture; soil functions

Research Progress and Evaluation Challenges of By-Product and Waste Valorization, 2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Miguel Henriques Ferreira

Sara Nunes Silva

Catarina Silva S. Oliveira

and

Alessandra Braga Ribeiro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 601 | Submission Open

Keywords: by-product valorization; bioactive; circular economy; green chemistry; green metrics

Innovations in the Degradation and Remediation of Emerging Organic Pollutants

edited by

Guofang Xu

Yi Yang

Feilong Gao

and Zhihao Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); microplastics; environmental remediation; degradation mechanisms; advanced oxidation processes; green technologies; artificial intelligence; environmental fate and transport; circular economy

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

Lifecycle Assessment of Building Materials, Components, and Techniques: Tools for Sustainability

edited by

Alberto Quintana Gallardo

and Vanesa Celina Sáez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental life cycle assessment; comparative LCA; sustainable building materials; sustainable construction; environmental product declarations (EPDs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Urban Futures and Sustainable Cities: Geographies of Transition and Transformation

edited by

Jinghu Pan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transformation geography; sustainable cities; urban resilience; multi-scale interaction; socio technical systems; nature based solutions; smart cities; compact cities

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

Energy Carbon Emission Reduction and Carbon Neutrality: The Uncertainty Path

edited by

Zhengning Pu

and

Jiasha Fu

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

Keywords: carbon neutrality; climate policy; energy/climate policy uncertainty; climate risk and opportunity; environmental regulation; regulatory transformation; institutional adaptation; adaptation strategy; corporate environmental strategy; environmental management practice; international climate agreements ESG performance; legal adaptation; technology innovation; export performance; poverty and inequality; firm resilience; green transition trade-offs; decarbonization cost; environmental compliance pressure; digital transformation and sustainability; growth drag; structural adjustment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) of Sustainable Building Materials

edited by

Lucas Rosse Caldas

and

Francesco Pittau

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

Keywords: LCA; recycled materials; reused materials; bio-based materials; low-carbon materials; performance analysis; innovative approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 626 | 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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