Sustainable Urban Energy Consumption and Climate Adaptation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 3774
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainable energy production promoting renewables and digitalisation strategies, manufacturing process optimization in the framework of smart Industries 4.0; development of decision support tools based on multiobjective assessment approaches; innovation on practices targeted at improving sustainability performance (economic, environmental and social issues); definition and implementation of strategies focused on product ecodesign; evaluation of industrial process sustainability (LCA/LCC) of value chains; applying circular economy strategies; development of innovative value chains for waste transformation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of a sustainable urban sector is one of the main priorities of European governments to overcome climate change constraints. The use of energy plays a key role in the required demand. The need to increase the sustainability and energy efficiency of buildings has led to the development and implementation of innovative design criteria with special attention to the integration of renewable energies. In this vein, energy communities contribute to the increase in public acceptance of renewable energy projects and make it easier to attract private investments in the clean energy transition. To guarantee the sustainability dimension of these initiatives, environmental, economic and social aspects are accounted among the most relevant ones to be evaluated by life cycle approaches and multicriteria decision-making methodologies.
In this context, this Special Issue aims at bringing together research advances, case studies, and practices targeted at promoting urban development based on a more sustainable energy consumption and commitment with a better urban climate adaptation. Papers relevant to the scope of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following areas: energy communities, integration of renewable energy in urban areas, sustainability assessment of innovations based on life cycle assessment and hierarchical decision-making approaches.
Dr. Maryori Coromoto Díaz Ramírez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy community
- sustainable development
- environment
- multicriteria decision making
- life cycle assessment
- renewable energy
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