Sustainability

Journal Browser

► Journal Browser

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Shah Kwok Wei

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566, Singapore
Interests: nanomaterials; phase change materials; buildings sustainability

Prof. Dr. Michael Yit Lin Chew

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Interests: building system and diagnostics; maintainability of facilities
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Dr. Evelyn Ai Lin Teo

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Interests: Building Information Modeling (BIM); Sustainable Construction

Dr. Vishal Kumar

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Interests: Building Information Modelling (BIM).

Dr. Ghasan Fahim Huseien

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

Department of the Built Environment, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566, Singapore
Interests: sustainable construction materials; waste management; concrete technology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The idea of sustainable smart cities is a recent concept that is gaining momentum in public opinion, and thus, it is making its way onto the agendas of researchers and city authorities all over the world, as well as using smart technologies for high efficiency systems to manage energy, wastes, water resources and other facilities highly recommended as one of the important solutions to solve the impacts of climate change. To move towards sustainable development goals, 5G technology would have significant impacts on cities construction, operation, and management by facilitating high-class services, providing efficient functionalities

This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality research papers on smart technology for environmental and sustainable development. The theme of this Special Issue is 5G smart technology, environment and sustainability. The focus will be on:

Developing an understanding of 5G technology/sustainability within smart regions;
Understanding the benefits of smart management;
How 5G can make our environment clean and suitable for humans and nature?;
Climate hazards and resilience;
Quantifying the potential impacts of climate extremes and smart risk management;
Sustainable management of the land-water-energy;
Net zero energy buildings;
Smart management of water resources in the urban region;
Environmental impacts and water reuse;
Sustainable use and management of natural resources in buildings and in the built environment beyond specific energy saving and efficiency and the use of renewable energies.

Prof. Dr. Shah Kwok Wei
Prof. Dr. Michael Yit Lin Chew
Dr. Evelyn Ai Lin Teo
Dr. Vishal Kumar
Dr. Ghasan Fahim Huseien
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

smart cities
green buildings
5G technology
smart energy management
smart wastes management
smart construction
sustainable agricultures
smart water resources management
climate change
smart facilities management
clean technologies
smart risk management
advanced recycling technologies
management innovation for environmental sustainability

Published Papers (2 papers)

Download All Papers

Review

26 pages, 2037 KiB

Open AccessReview

Potential Applications of 5G Network Technology for Climate Change Control: A Scoping Review of Singapore

by Ghasan Fahim Huseien and Kwok Wei Shah

Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9720; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179720 - 30 Aug 2021

Cited by 15 | Viewed by 6800

Abstract

Climate change is one of the most challenging problems that humanity has ever faced. With the rapid development in technology, a key feature of 5G networks is the increased level of connectivity between everyday objects, facilitated by faster internet speeds with smart facilities indicative of the forthcoming 5G-driven revolution in Internet of Things (IoT). This study revisited the benefits of 5G network technologies to enhance the efficiency of the smart city and minimize climate change impacts in Singapore, thus creating a clean environment for healthy living. Results revealed that the smart management of energy, wastes, water resources, agricultures, risk factors, and the economy adopted in Singapore can remarkably contribute to reducing climate change, thus attaining the sustainability goals. Hence, future studies on cost-effective design and implementation are essential to increase the focus on the smart city concept globally. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 5G: Smart Technology for Environment and Sustainable Development)

► Show Figures

Figure 1

19 pages, 5727 KiB

Open AccessReview

A Scientometric Review of Smart Construction Site in Construction Engineering and Management: Analysis and Visualization

by Honglei Liu, Jiule Song and Guangbin Wang

Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 8860; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168860 - 8 Aug 2021

Cited by 20 | Viewed by 5184

Abstract

With the extensive development and application of information technologies in construction engineering and management (CEM), the construction site is experiencing a rapid digital revolution and transformation. Since smart construction site has become the current research trend and one of the most hot topics, thus this study adopted an integrated bibliometric approach and quantitative analysis to explore the global research on smart construction site. As it is indicated in the content, the bibliometric and scientometric method-based literature review was carried out in this study. To be specific, the co-citation analysis in terms of author, document, and journal; the collaboration analysis in terms of authorship, institutions, and country/region; and category analysis, as well as cluster analysis and burst analysis were conducted based on 2206 peer-reviewed academic papers, which were published from January 2000 to February 2021. It is found that there has been an explosion of relevant publications especially in the past 10 years along with the changing of keywords from flexibility approach to information technologies, 3D reconstruction, IoT technologies, virtual reality, and others. Moreover, the results indicated that the collaborations and cooperation among different institutions, countries, and authors are not close enough, and the most significant research and development in smart construction occurred primarily in the USA, China, and England. Additionally, the smart construction site’s relevant research in terms of publication of quantity was doubled every five years. In addition, the smart construction site relevant research has gradually changed from the traditional project performance associated indicators to smart simulation applications and scenes. Lastly, implementation and management-related concerns about smart construction sites are discussed with seven topics. This study provides researchers and practitioners not merely with an in-depth understanding of the characters and also the trend of smart construction site research in the construction engineering and management field. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 5G: Smart Technology for Environment and Sustainable Development)

► Show Figures

Figure 1

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

5G: Smart Technology for Environment and Sustainable Development

Share This Special Issue

Special Issue Editors

Special Issue Information

Keywords

Published Papers (2 papers)

Review

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI