Renewable Energy Applications in Urban Areas

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, energy consumption has been increasing at fast rate, which has resulted in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Hence, there is a need for the implementation of renewable energy systems that are clean and sustainable. Sustainability is considered an important factor in the improvement of people’s health and comfort in urban areas. The continuous growth in terms of the building of large cities with dense populations has resulted in negative impacts on the environment due to the use of fossil fuels to power such large cities. Smart technologies could help in reducing these negative effects, such as through the implementation of renewable energy systems for providing electricity, heating, cooling, and freshwater production to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Moreover, the transportation sector plays a large role in generating negative impacts on urban environments. Hence, sustainable transport alternatives aimed at reducing the number of cars in urban areas should be investigated.

This Special Issue will focus on sustainable energy solutions for urban areas, with the aim of delivering social and environmental benefits, as well as the efficient use of renewable energy systems.

These systems can be evaluated from different perspectives. This Special Issue will cover a wide range of sustainable energy systems, with the optimization of urban areas from thermodynamic, economic, and environmental points of view, including the following:

• Energy, exergy, economic, and environmental analysis;
• Enviromental impact assessment of the system;
• Economic assessment of the system;
• Life cycle assessment of the system;
• Risk assessment and reliability engineering;
• Sustainability-based analysis;
• Social and policy aspects of environmental management;
• Supply chain management;
• Smart cities and resilient environments;
• ICT, smart grid, and intelligent infrastructure;
• Big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence applications;
• System optimizaton methods;
• Zero CO₂ emission policies and schemes;
• Renewable energy conversion and electric machines.

Prof. Dr. Mamdouh E.H. Assad
Dr. Ben Salem Imen
Dr. Laveet Kumar
Guest Editors

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• renewable energy
• smart cities
• electrical power systems
• environmental assessment, economic assessment
• sustainability analysis