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Low-carbon sustainable development has become the consensus of manufacturing enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities. Facility layout is an essential part of manufacturing system planning. Current research has demonstrated the advantages...

The location of temporary facilities in a construction project and the entire site layout plan directly affect project objectives such as time, labor cost, and material transportation and handling. The layout of construction sites also affects entrai...

Vertical farming offers one potential sustainable solution to food production in cities as populations increase and available farmland decreases. However, the large-scale adoption of vertical farms is still impeded by high energy requirements and cos...

As an important public facility, the number, area, and scale of hospital buildings are growing rapidly. The efficiency of nurses’ rounds to beds is an important indicator of the efficiency of nursing units in ward buildings. Ward buildings occu...

The objective of this paper is to study and analyze an integrated anaerobic digester (AD)–solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system, to achieve an energy-efficient waste-to-energy solution. A detailed numerical modeling is developed for plant dimensi...

A factory layout is a decisive factor in the improvement of production levels, efficiency, and even in the sustainability of a company. Regardless of the type of layout to be implemented, they are typically designed to optimize the work conditions an...

The building sector represents approximately 40% of the global energy consumption, of which 18 to 73% is represented by heating and ventilation. One focus of research for reducing energy consumption is to study the interaction between the heating sys...

This article discusses key aspects of deposit–refund system design in Poland, highlighting the importance of energy-sustainable collection logistics. The main role in this system is played by the operator responsible for collecting and transpor...

This study presents a comprehensive assessment of energy efficiency and conservation strategies in institutional buildings, using the Riyadh Reformatory Building (RRB) in Saudi Arabia as a case study. The analysis focuses on meeting the operational a...

Hybridization of Waste to Energy (WtE) plants with solar facilities can take competing energy technologies and make them complementary. However, realizing the benefits of the solar integration requires careful consideration of its efficiency. To anal...

With the global trend of green travel and demand for improving the quality of slow-moving systems in coastal cities, the optimization of the cycling system is crucial for improving the quality of the human environment. Based on the theory of “h...

This study conducted research and discussion on the irrational layout of the corridor entry front room space in Chinese elderly facilities and proposed a design strategy for this spatial area. Based on a survey of elderly facilities and the general n...

With the development of electronic infrastructures and communication technologies and protocols, electric grids have evolved towards the concept of Smart Grids, which enable the communication of the different agents involved in their operation, thus...

Industrial process heat typically requires large amounts of fossil fuels. Solar energy, while abundant and free, has low energy density, and so large collector areas are needed to meet thermal needs. Land costs in developed areas are often prohibitiv...

Promoting the development of low-carbon renewable energy is crucial for meeting the growing energy demand, reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Clarifying the spatiotemporal characteristics of regional renewa...

With the impact of fossil energy on the climate environment and the development of energy technologies, new energy vehicles, represented by electric cars, have begun to receive increasing attention and emphasis. The rapid proliferation of public char...

The correct estimate of individual thermal energy consumptions, and consequently, a fair heat cost allocation among the residents of apartment buildings with centralized heating systems, represents an important driving force towards energy saving, en...

The Algerian economy and electricity generation sector are strongly dependent on fossil fuels. Over 93% of Algerian exports are hydrocarbons, and approximately 90% of the generated electricity comes from natural gas power plants. However, Algeria is...

The increasing frequency of interior renovation and fit-out in office buildings raises concerns about indoor environmental quality, occupant health, and sustainability performance, yet existing certification systems remain largely design-stage or who...

The capacity of electric air conditioning and heating systems is growing rapidly, as is the nameplate capacity of PV power plants. While the demand for cooling has a positive correlation with solar irradiance, the demand for heating has an opposite r...

As an energy-saving fluid machinery component, the ejector holds significant potential for promoting energy conservation and sustainable transformation in aerospace. This review synthesizes recent progress, identifies persistent challenges, and outli...

The problem of the post-harvest loss of perishable products has been a loss facing food security, especially in areas that lack adequate cold chain facilities. This issue is directly connected with sustainability objectives because post-harvest losse...

With the emergence of delay- and energy-critical vehicular applications, forwarding sense-actuate data from vehicles to the cloud became practically infeasible. Therefore, a new computational model called Vehicular Fog Computing (VFC) was proposed. I...

Solar-assisted hybrid cooling systems are promising for the energy saving of refrigeration systems. In most cases, the solar thermal gain is only able to power the heat-driven process of facilities during part of the working period. Therefore, the re...

Based on the principle of distributed layout, the community is chosen as the basic unit of the city, and an appropriate community scale is redefined based on the attributes and characteristics of green production. This article first summarizes the ex...

The textile industry, a substantial component of the global economy, holds significant importance due to its environmental impacts. Particularly, the use of water and chemicals during dyeing processes raises concerns in the context of climate change...

The article presents an overview of experimental layout design solutions and the general operation scheme of combined heat and power systems with a high-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). This system is an environmentally friendly and energy-s...

Numerous studies address the estimation of energy consumption at intermodal terminals, with a primary focus on existing facilities. However, a significant research gap lies in the lack of reliable methods and tools for the ex ante estimation of energ...

Recently, due to the great need to promote environmentally sustainable maritime transport, alternative energy sources to traditional fossil fuels have been proposed to reduce ship emissions. Among few alternative scenarios, most experts recognize Liq...