Sustainability

Towards Net-Zero Industry X.0: Sustainable Governance, Smart Operations and Digital Twins

edited by

Jones Luis Schaefer

and

Osiris Canciglieri Junior

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 501 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart operations; digital twins; sustainable governance; net-zero industrial systems; Industry X.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advancing Energy Efficiency, NetZero Strategies, and Decarbonization for Sustainable Built Environments

edited by

Amira Elnokaly

and Farres Yasser

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 492 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; sustainable built environment; green building design; renewable energy integration; smart cities; passive design strategies; building performance simulation; lifecycle assessment; building information modeling (BIM); IoT; AI; circular economy in construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advanced Data Science Technology for the Safety, Reliability, and Economic Viability of Sustainable Distributed Systems and Complex Industrial Systems

edited by Hua Zhang,

Hongda Gao

and Tengfei Tu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 490 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; sustainable systems; industrial systems; system reliability; machine learning; cybersecurity; energy efficiency

Geo-Spatial Intelligence for Compact, Resilient, and Equitable Urban Land Use Planning

edited by

Tingting Xu

and

Jay Gao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial analysis; GIS; sustainable urban planning; land-use efficiency; geospatial modelling; urban resilience

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

Industry 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations: 2nd Edition

edited by

Filippo Marciano

,

Giuseppe Tomasoni

and

Paola Cocca

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 454 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; I4.0 technologies; sustainability; sustainability performance; smart manufacturing; smart supply chain; sustainable manufacturing; sustainable supply chain

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

Sustainable Thermal Management, Energy Storage, and Renewable Energy Conversion for a Sustainable AI-Driven Era

edited by Zengguang Sui,

Jiaqiang Wang

, Zhixiong Ding and Yunren Sui

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal management; thermal energy storage; cold energy storage; electrical energy storage; phase change materials; renewable energy conversion; AI optimization; energy efficiency; sustainable energy systems; net-zero

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Integrating Construction 4.0 Technologies into Sustainable Construction

edited by

Frank Ghansah

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open

Keywords: Construction 4.0; sustainable construction; building information modelling (BIM); artificial intelligence (AI); Internet of Things (IoT); robotics in construction; blockchain in construction; digital twins; additive manufacturing/3D printing; smart and resilient built environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Interactions of Ocean, Atmosphere, and Environment: Focusing on Climate Change

edited by

Humberto Pereira

,

Ana Picado

and Ines Alvarez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ocean–atmosphere interaction; environmental sustainability; marine ecosystems; adaptation strategies; coastal resilience; extreme weather events

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

Sustainable Storage and Utilization of Renewable Energy

edited by

Gabriele Fambri

and

Cesar Diaz-Londono

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy integration; energy storage systems; storage degradation and lifecycle assessment; vehicles as mobile storage (V2G/V2X); multi-energy optimization and dispatch; bioenergy and hydrogen integration; smart grids and digital twins; AI-based energy management; energy flexibility and resilience; sustainable utilization of renewables

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Hydrosystems Engineering and Water Resource Management: 2nd Edition

edited by Kiran Tota-Maharaj,

Hazi Azamathulla

, Rao Bhamidimarri and

Bimlesh Kumar

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water data analytics; hydrosystems; engineering; hydrology; floods and river catchment systems; sustainable drainage systems (SuDSs); hydraulic infrastructure; groundwater; modelling

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

Advanced Materials and Systems for Sustainable Energy Solutions

edited by

Eskilla Venkata Ramana

and

Manuel Almeida Valente

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conversion; energy storage; environmental; photocatalysis; processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Innovation and Sustainable Development of Economy: New Material Technologies, Energy Efficiency and Organization Realities

edited by

Karen Paul

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; material technologies; economy; urban design

Nanotechnology in Sustainable Environmental Remediation

edited by

Marko Černe

,

Mohammed Bouhadi

and

Qaiser Javed

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; sustainable environmental chemistry; heavy metal stress; plant physiology; soil contamination; abiotic stress tolerance; green nanomaterials; phytoremediation; nano-enabled remediation; ecosystem sustainability

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

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Sustainable Healthcare Systems

edited by

Carlos Fernández-Basso

and Andrea Morales-Garzón

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data analytics in healthcare; cognitive computing; health informatics; large language models (LLMs); autonomous AI Agents; multi-agent systems; machine learning and deep learning; predictive modelling; responsible and explainable AI; electronic health records; clinical decision support; multimodal data integration; sustainable healthcare systems; environmental and population health data

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

Digital and Data-Driven Approaches to Sustainable Urban and Land Use Management

edited by

Ammar Abulibdeh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; land-use and land cover (LULC) change; GIS and remote sensing; smart cities and digital governance; spatial data analytics; climate-resilient planning; big data and artificial intelligence (AI); urban sustainability assessment; data-driven decision-making; environmental monitoring and modelling

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

Food Management: Effective Strategies for a Sustainable Environment

edited by

Beata Bilska

, Marzena Tomaszewska and Agnieszka Tul-Krzyszczuk

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 303 | 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)

Smart and Sustainable Bridges for the Future

edited by

Dalei Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 293 | 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 Waste Reduction, Pollution Governance, and Sustainable Ecology

edited by Pierre Courjault-Radé

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine waste; marine management; ecological sustainability; ecosystem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Lithium-Ion Battery Management: Charging Optimization

edited by Fernanda Cristina Corrêa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; clean energy; electric mobility; environmental management; technological innovation; climate resilience; green transition; renewable resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Approaches to Natural Product Extraction in Food Systems

edited by Edyta Symoniuk

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable extraction; natural products; food systems; green technologies; bioactive compounds; circular economy; food by-products valorization; life cycle assessment (LCA); green solvents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainability Management Strategies and Practices—2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 17 articles | Viewed by 92542 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; economical sustainability; social sustainability; sustainable supply chain management; business models for sustainable supply chains; governance and sustainability; sustainability assessment and policies; multiple-criteria decision-making; soft computing on production, manufacturing, and logistics; supply chain operations for a circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advancing Sustainable Building Practices: Integrating Green Materials, Healthy Structures, and AI-Driven Solutions

edited by

Ali Bahadori-Jahromi

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17943 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building; green material; healthy structure; comfort environment; artificial intelligence; machine learning; environmental impact; smart buildings; energy efficiency; indoor air quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

The Synthesis of Low-Carbon New Materials and Their Application in Green Design

edited by Yanchen Li, Chenglong Zhang, Yanhong Jia and

Kaibao Wang

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11080 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon composite materials; mechanism analysis; green design; sustainable design concept

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainability in Hydrology and Water Resources Management

edited by

Ruihong Yu

, Heyang Sun and Xu Yang

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9854 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable hydrology; water resources management; climate change adaptation; hydrological modeling and prediction; ecohydrology and aquatic ecosystems; greenhouse gases; drought and flood risk assessment; remote sensing and AI applications; resilience and adaptive water management

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

Sustainable Transportation Systems Design and Management

edited by

Xin Zhang

, Yuanke Wu, Yi Jin and Yulin Jin

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7235 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation development; operation management; intelligent maintenance; safety and security; energy conservation; system design; digital transformation; digital innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Fuel, Carbon Emission and Sustainable Green Energy

edited by

José Antonio Soriano García

,

Edgar Vicente Rojas Reinoso

and

Pablo Fernández-Yáñez

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5378 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; renewable energy; sustainable fuels; carbon emissions; climate change; energy efficiency; green energy; carbon sequestration; energy decentralization; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Smart and Sustainable Solutions for Landslide and Landslide Dam Risks in a Changing Climate

edited by

Yixiang Song

, Qiujie Meng and

Zhu Zhong

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2224 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide early warning; AI in geohazards; sustainable mitigation; climate adaptation; digital twin; bioengineering; IoT monitoring; landslide dam breaching; risk governance; sdgs

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

Safeguarding Geological Heritage: Remote Sensing and Innovations in Sustainable Disaster Prevention

edited by

Roberto Sergio Azzoni

, Joanna Fidelus-Orzechowska and

Pierluigi Brandolini

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 402 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological heritage protection; remote sensing; sustainable disaster prevention; geomorphological processes and risks; risk assessment and mitigation

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

Energy Economics from a Sustainable Development Perspective

edited by Wanhai You, Shijing Nan and Yawei Guo

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy transition; industrial structure transition; sustainable development; energy efficiency; circular economics; energy finance; renewable energy; economic complexity

Wastewater Treatment, Water Pollution, and Sustainable Water Resources

edited by Claudete Gindri and Dison S. P. Franco

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular water management; wastewater treatment; emerging contaminants; water–energy–food nexus; bioremediation; artificial intelligence; life cycle assessment; water governance; resource recovery

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

Membrane Technology at the Forefront of Sustainable Water Treatment, Resource Recovery, and Environmental Management

edited by

Jehad A. Kharraz

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; sustainable water treatment; energy-efficient desalination; resource recovery; wastewater treatment; circular economy; photothermal membranes; membrane distillation (MD); hybrid membrane systems; life cycle assessment (LCA)

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

Volcanic Disaster Prevention and Sustainable Risk Management

edited by

Rui Marques

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanic hazard assessment; disaster risk reduction; societal resilience

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

Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: Challenges, Innovations, and Resource Recovery

edited by

Aleksandra Wdowczyk

submission deadline 2 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4720 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; sustainable development; nutrient and energy recovery; landfill; sustainable resources

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

Energy Transition for Sustainability: Building a Renewable, Low-Carbon Future

edited by

Neílton Silva

, Sylvia Meimaridou Rola and

Leandro Andrei Beser de Deus

submission deadline 2 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1479 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric mobility; energy policy; energy poverty; energy transition; just energy transition; low-carbon development; renewable energy; smart grids; smart metering; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Construction Materials: Innovations in Cement and Concrete for a Resilient Infrastructure

edited by

Wisal Ahmed

, Arslan Akbar and

Mingli Cao

submission deadline 2 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 732 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; low-carbon concrete; recycled materials; sustainable pozzolans; alternative binders; fibers; life cycle assessment; 3D concrete printing; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Governance, Innovation and Eco-Friendly Regional Energy Transitions

edited by Florian Weber and

Teva Meyer

submission deadline 3 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 917 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Green Building: CO₂ Emissions in the Construction Industry

edited by Jindao Chen,

Hongping Yuan

and

Qian Shi

submission deadline 5 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8391 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building; carbon emissions; construction industry; sustainable construction; low carbon construction; green building materials; lean construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advanced Technologies and Collaborative Approaches for Sustainable Engineering and Industrial Systems

edited by

Leonilde Varela

, Zilda De Castro Silveira and Leonel Patrício

submission deadline 5 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5205 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; circular economy; Industry 4.0; collaborative networks; digital twins; industrial resilience; green technologies; sustainable design; resilient systems; advanced manufacturing

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Education

edited by

Hongfeng Zhang

submission deadline 5 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 706 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in education; sustainable learning; flipped classroom; pedagogical innovation; lifelong learning ecosystems; immersive learning technologies; educational technology governance

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

Smart Transport Based on Sustainable Transport Development

edited by

Bin Ji

and

Shuanglin Li

submission deadline 6 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11027 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart transport; sustainable transportation; green transport technologies; intelligent transport systems; green logistics; connected and autonomous vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Research on Heat Transfer and Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Andrey Mityakov

submission deadline 6 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 759 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat transfer; sustainable energy systems; energy efficiency; waste heat recovery; renewable energy; thermal energy storage; heat flux measurement; advanced thermal management; green energy technologies; thermal system optimization

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

Air Pollution and Sustainability

edited by

Pallav Purohit

submission deadline 8 Sep 2026 | 16 articles | Viewed by 31023 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution and health; air pollution control policies and regulations; circular economy; disparities in air pollution exposure; environmental sustainability; indoor air pollution; sustainable consumption and production; social inequalities; sustainable cities; sustainable urban planning

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

Water Sustainability: Innovative and Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Pollution Control in the Context of the Circular Economy

edited by

Luis Carlos Sandoval-Herazo

,

Erick Arturo Betanzo-Torres

and María Cristina López‐Méndez

submission deadline 8 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19669 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban and rural development; wastewater treatment; nature-based solutions; sustainable agriculture; aquaponics and aquaculture; renewable energy; soil bioremediation; eco-engineering; use of artificial intelligence wastewater; sustainability assessment; biodiversity; wetlands

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

Sustainable Risk Management and Resilient Infrastructure

edited by

Seunghyun Eem

,

Shinyoung Kwag

,

Bub-Gyu Jeon

and Jae-Wook Jung

submission deadline 9 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1493 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable infrastructure; risk; seismic risk; climate-induced hazards; multi-hazard; probabilistic risk assessment; fragility analysis; disaster risk reduction; structural safety; resilience metrics

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

Sustainable Waste Utilisation and Biomass Energy Production

edited by

Cristina Trois

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20967 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofuels; bioenergy; waste-to-energy roadmaps; biohydrogen; biomethane; agrobiomass; forest biomass; biorefineries; decision support tools

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

Sustainable Disaster Risk Management and Urban Resilience

edited by

Jaime Santos-Reyes

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18708 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk; disaster; resilience; vulnerability; early warning; emergency response

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

Sustainable Development of Organization Performance for Economic and Business Aspects

edited by

Chei-Chang Chiou

and Cheng-Feng Wu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17940 | Submission Open

Keywords: organizational sustainability; performance sustainability; ESG; corporate evaluation; sustainable business model; green enterprise; corporate governance; sustainable supply chain

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

Climate Change and Sustainable Agricultural System

edited by

Rameshwar Kanwar

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17181 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agricultural production systems; soil, air, and water pollution from agriculture; climate mitigation technologies and agricultural practices; management of forest lands to minimize GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration; soil health; carbon sequestration and GHG emissions in agriculture; land management systems for agriculture and biodiversity; recycling of drainage water for agriculture; innovations in irrigation systems for rice and other crops of future innovative policies to implement technologies for mitigating climate change and pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Building and Infrastructure Engineering: Sustainable Utilization of Innovative Eco-Efficient Materials—2nd Edition

edited by

Gustavo Henrique Nalon

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16341 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-efficient concrete; eco-efficient geomaterials; circular construction; life cycle assessment; waste recycling; low-carbon materials; resource conservation; green construction; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Climate Change, Hydrological Uncertainty and Sustainable Water Management

edited by Ghazi Ali Al-Rawas

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8408 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological uncertainty; water resources management; extreme events; resilience; hydrological modeling; water governance; sustainable water management; integrated water resources management

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

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