Energy Strategies of Smart Cities

Dear Colleagues,

The proposed Special Issue on “Energy Strategies of Smart Cities” is a timely topic as existing cities will face concomitant challenges in the following years: the growth of residential populations and the need to improve energy efficiency and combat climate change, in addition to the widespread integration of smart grids, smart metering and innovative energy strategies to enable sustainable development. Smart cities are characterized by the ongoing use and development of digital technologies to improve day-to-day living, as well as the digitalization of the energy sector. This can lead to an increase in the use if exchanged data for monitoring the energy statuses of various consumption and production units, of energy consumption from renewable energy sources to improve energy efficiency and life quality of urban citizens.

The papers submitted to this Special Issue are expected to cover a wide spectrum of topics, including current developments in electrical/thermal/water networks for cities, the economic analysis of energy strategies for smart cities, the integration of distributed energy resources and their impacts on power systems, demand-response program applications, the widespread integration of electric mobility, data security in the digital energy sector, energy policies and stimulating strategies, case studies related to energy strategies in smart cities, and social inclusion in energy strategies for successful development of smart cities.

Contributors working in academia, industry, urban planning, policy making, regulatory bodies and governmental agencies are invited to submit manuscripts to this Special Issue on the development of energy strategies for smart cities that are energy-efficient, sustainable, data-driven, and inclusive.

The rapid development and widespread of urban areas in the last decade has created challenges and opportunities for cities all around the world. Cities are the main centers of social inclusion, culture spreading, and innovation integration and are the promoters of economic development and global progress. In the last few decades, residential consumption has represented a high share of global energy demand, and measures for load flexibility coupled with carbon emission reduction have been used and incentivized to find the most suitable sustainable energy solutions that do not affect way of life and people’s welfare.

The overall focus of the Special Issue titled “Energy Strategy for Smart Cities” in Smart Cities is to investigate and advance current studies and technologies, as well as design advanced approaches for developing energy-efficient, future-climate-neutral, data-driven, inclusive and resilient future cities.

This Special Issue will supplement the existing literature considering the interdisciplinary integration of the technical, social and policy dimensions of energy strategies for smart cities, highlighting the engineering developments in smart grids, artificial-intelligence-driven energy management systems, policy and government holistic frameworks for smart cities, community engagement and social inclusion, urban planning and design used to achieve clean energy/transportation sectors, case studies and business success applications of energy strategies for smart cities, etc.

Prof. Dr. George Cristian Lazaroiu
Dr. Mariacristina Roscia
Dr. Daniel G. Costa
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. Smart Cities 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 2000 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.

• energy strategy
• smart cities
• technical innovation
• engineering development
• artificial-intelligence-driven energy systems
• policy strategies
• urban planning
• sustainable development
• climate change
• internet of things
• data management
• business cases
• social behavior
• inclusive innovation
• interdisciplinary development
• governance frameworks