A prerequisite for achieving high energy efficiency of water supply systems (understood as using less energy to perform the same task) is the appropriate selection of all elements and their rational use. Energy consumption in water supply systems (WS...
Generating strategies and techniques to feed the increasing world population is a significant challenge under climate change effects such as drought. Rural areas are especially sensitive to such effects as they are unable to overcome the lack of wate...
Rural communities usually settle in territories where crop self-consumption is the main source of sustenance. In this context, climate change has made these environments of crop control susceptible to water shortages, impacting crop yields. The imple...
Agrivoltaic systems can improve renewable energy generation, water management, and agricultural productivity. This study proposes an artificial intelligence-assisted energy and water management framework integrating photovoltaic (PV) generation, batt...
3 November 2022
The optimal management of sociotechnical systems across the water–energy nexus is a critical issue for the overall goal of sustainable development. However, the new challenges induced by global crises and sudden changes require a paradigm shift...
Current and future smart cities are moving towards the zero-net energy use concept. To this end, the built environment should also be designed for efficient energy use and play a significant role in the production of such energy. At present, this is...
Lack of city space and conventional drainage systems failures have derived in the need to implement Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) techniques which provide multifunctional areas capable of managing stormwater, treating the pollutants present i...
This study develops a supply chain ecosystem (SCE) approach for smart city manufacturing clusters (SCMCs) through the integration of digital technologies into energy management of urban water systems (UWSs). The proposed framework integrates the Inte...
Mountain regions are increasingly affected by the interplay of climate change, infrastructure stress, and evolving socio-ecological systems, intensifying pressure on both water and energy systems. This systematic review investigates how recent scient...
When water utilities establish water loss control programs, they traditionally focus on apparent loss rather than real loss when considering economic feasibility in the water sector. There is an urgent need for new management approaches that can addr...
This research examines the pursuit of behavioral change for climate-resilient tourism along the Catalan coast by engaging territorial stakeholders in a co-creation process. This study is guided by the following research question: how can the co-creat...
The decoupled operation of electricity and water systems under variable demand conditions and tightly coupled operational constraints tends to increase total operating costs and reduce overall resource-use efficiency. In response, this study develops...
Worldwide, demand for water, energy, and food are on the rise due to population and industrial growth. Because of such increasing demands and in spite of the limitedness of key resources, more efficient ways to meet these demands become obligatory. E...
Using photovoltaic (PV) energy to produce hydrogen through water electrolysis is an environmentally friendly approach that results in no contamination, making hydrogen a completely clean energy source. Alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) is an excellen...
The aim of this study is to evaluate the technical performance and resilience of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES), designed to achieve water and energy autonomy on a Skyros Island, Greece. The system integrates renewable energy sources with mu...
This study investigates the optimization of Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) integrated with Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) systems, with a focus on sustainable energy management. A nonlinear programming framework combined with scenario analysis was appl...
The smart active residential buildings play a vital role to realize intelligent energy systems by harnessing energy flexibility from loads and storage units. This is imperative to integrate higher proportions of variable renewable energy generation a...
This Editorial presents a representative collection of 15 papers, presented in the Special Issue on Advances in Modeling and Management of Urban Water Networks (UWNs), and frames them in the current research trends. The most analyzed systems in the S...
Agrivoltaic systems (AVS) offer a symbiotic strategy for co-location sustainable renewable energy and agricultural production. This is particularly important in densely populated developing and developed countries, where renewable energy development...
In remote locations, it is advisable to combine solar water pumping with electric energy storage and power supply for other forms of consumption. In such complex systems, individual subsystems feature their own local control, and the general automati...
Climate change severely affects urban water systems (UWSs). Infrastructure historically designed for milder conditions cannot manage growing water demands and extreme events. To obtain a resilient water sector, adaptation and mitigation strategies mu...
Japan’s energy consumption in 2018 was about 2.5 times that in 1975, with the increase in the household sector being the largest at 28%. Most of primary energy is still fossil fuel, and it is urgent to reduce energy consumption in the household secto...
This study was developed within the framework of the GOLL (Green Olympic Living Lab and Environment Change) project, promoted by the Municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. The project uses the Mário Mexia Multisport Pavilion (MMMP) and the Olympic...
The growing penetration of residential photovoltaic systems increases the need for effective demand-side management strategies that improve on-site electricity utilization without battery storage. This study investigates the impact of different elect...
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are widely applied in reuse facilities, but the management of RO concentrate remains a major sustainability challenge. Conventional brine disposal methods, such as deep well injection or evaporation ponds, are costly, e...
Climate change disrupts global food systems by affecting water, energy, ecosystems, and agricultural productivity. Building climate resilience demands integrated approaches that recognize interdependencies among water, energy, food, and environmental...
This research presents key factors influencing smart building integration into smart cities considering the city as a technological system. This paper begins with an overview of the concept of smart buildings, defining their features and discussing t...
This paper aims at identifying paramount hydraulic factors in energy dynamics of water mains, using Principal Components Analysis (PCA). The proposed method is applied to two large ensembles of leaky and non-leaky pipes comprising over 40,000 pipes s...
From a climate change perspective, the governance of natural common-pool resources—the commons—is a key point in the challenge of transitioning to sustainability. This paper presents the main strategic advances of the São Paulo Urb...
30 December 2018
Urban metabolism analyzes the supply and consumption of nutrition, material, energy, and other resources within cities. Food, water, and energy are critical resources for the human society and have complicated cooperative/competitive influences on ea...
Managers of federal, state, local, and nonprofit organizations around the world are faced with the complex task of managing interconnected systems of scarce resources. One key example of this has been the recent research on the connections between wa...
Energy management in enterprises is an important issue in the context of improving energy efficiency, energy use, and energy consumption. This is consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the energy...
The effects of climate change seriously affect agriculture at different latitudes of the planet because periods of drought are intensifying and the availability of water for agricultural irrigation is reducing. In addition, the energy cost associated...
The Lake Velence watershed faces increasing challenges driven by local and global factors, including the impacts of climate change, energy resource limitations, and greenhouse gas emissions. These issues, particularly acute in water management, are e...
The primary objective of this study is to assess the techno-economic feasibility of an innovative solar energy generation system with a rainwater collection feature to generate electrical energy and meet irrigation needs in agriculture. The proposed...
An interval-stochastic-fuzzy policy analysis model is proposed to generate optimal security management policy for a water–energy–food nexus system of the urban agglomeration under multiple uncertainties. A number of planning policies unde...
The paper is focused on the optimal scheduling of a drainage pumping station, complying with variations in the pump rotational speed and a recurrent pattern for the inflow discharge. The paper is structured in several consecutive steps. In the first...
Central Asia (CA) faces growing Water–Energy–Food (WEF) Nexus challenges, due to its complex transboundary water management, legacy Soviet-era water infrastructure, and increasing climate and socio-economic pressures. This study presents...
Reducing energy consumption while maintaining stable water quality remains a major challenge in ornamental aquaculture. This study proposes an integrated predictive and energy-aware aquaculture management framework combining Internet of Things (IoT)...
Much of the world’s agricultural lands are projected to face hydrologic and climatic changes that will lead to water scarcity and corresponding food insecurity. The emergent response of complex social-ecological systems to change requires rapid...
This paper presents the results of research on an innovative, integrated IACMS (Intelligent Integrated Automation, Control, and Monitoring System), developed for energy-efficient operation of auxiliary machinery in ship engine rooms. The system, vali...
Frequent droughts, seasonal precipitation, and growing agricultural water demand in the Yakima River Basin (YRB), located in Washington State, increase the challenges of optimizing water provision for agricultural producers. Increasing water storage...
This study is devoted to improving the energy efficiency of urban infrastructure systems (UISs), in particular, the centralized water supply of a city multifloor manufacturing cluster (CMFMC), by developing the principles of effective energy consumpt...
The energy–water–carbon (EWC) nexus has become a critical concern for industrial systems seeking sustainable development, yet existing assessment approaches often require intensive computation and lack practical adaptability. This study p...
The water and sewage sector is responsible for approximately 3.5% of energy consumption in the European Union (EU). Leaks causing water losses in water distribution systems (WDSs) are responsible for approximately 24% of water consumption in the EU,...
Urban areas in Europe are increasingly challenged by water scarcity, climate variability, and pressure on municipal water systems. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) offers a decentralized, sustainable solution to reduce dependence on potable water, mitigate...
The Integrated Water System (IWS) offers alternative water and sanitation services that can potentially benefit rural communities experiencing water scarcity. The IWS described in this study comprises three systems: The Rainwater Harvesting System (R...
This paper deals with the design of an advanced optimal strategy to enhance power management and frequency control in marine microgrids. The investigated system incorporates a mix of renewable energy sources coordinated with hybrid energy storage dev...
Low-enthalpy geothermal systems are a promising source for renewable and clean energy for heating, cooling, and air conditioning residential buildings, contributing to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in line with the United Nations’ S...
To deliver freshwater for drip irrigation, our study presents an optimal techno-economic based on a Water Pumping Photovoltaic System (WPPVS) that integrates a Hydrogen Energy Storage System (HySS) to ensure reliable freshwater for agricultural irrig...
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