Sustainability

Low-Carbon Materials for Sustainable and Healthy Buildings: Enhancing Indoor Comfort, Well-Being, and Energy Efficiency with Non-Conventional Constructive Solutions

edited by Magda Posani, Vincenzo Maria Gentile,

Joana Maia

and Tuomas Alapieti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 467 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; thermal insulation; bio-based materials; moisture buffering; heritage; IAQ

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Energy Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy Systems Towards Energy Sustainability: 2nd Edition

edited by Jian Chen, Wen Zhang and

Yongliang Liang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 456 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage; renewable energy integration; energy management system; planning and operation; energy economics; environmental sustainability

Smart Manufacturing for an Integrated Model of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0

edited by

Vidosav D. Majstorovic

and

Isak Karabegović

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: manufacturing; industrial AI; cobotics; sustainable manufacturing

Spatial Planning and the Latest Challenges of Sustainable Urbanization

edited by

Luigi Mundula

and Vincenzo Todaro

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sustainability; digital transformation; sustainable ICT; smart and sustainable development; innovation; smart and sustainable mobility; urban technology; smart cities

Integrated Sustainable Design: Toward Human-Centered and High-Performance Built Environments

edited by Kyungsun Lee and

Jiyoung Park

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sustainable design; green building strategies; net-zero and energy-efficient buildings; environmental building technology; daylighting and simulation-based design; healthy and sustainable built environment; emotional and behavioral design; affordance-based spatial planning; human-centered sustainability; sustainable spatial performance evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Soil Restoration and Sustainable Utilization

edited by Bo Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 415 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil remediation; soil restoration; sustainable utilization; soil restoration and sustainable utilization

Sustainable Modelling Approaches for Groundwater and Hydrogeologic Systems

edited by

Muhammad Hasan

,

Yanjun Shang

and Mohammad Younis Khan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater sustainability; hydrogeologic modeling; groundwater– surface water interaction; geophysical and numerical approaches; uncertainty and risk assessment; managed aquifer recharge; climate change adaptation; groundwater contamination and remediation; data-driven and machine learning models; integrated water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Sustainable Materials Chemistry and Technologies

edited by

Chenxi Zhai

, Tianjiao Li and Haoyuan Shi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 386 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; materials chemistry; materials physics; multiscale modeling and simulation; mechanics; materials properties; process– structure– property relationship; soft materials; metals; polymers; ceramics; composites; additive manufacturing; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)

Reimagining Sustainability: Green Mobility, Natural Ventilation and Artificial Intelligence-Driven Design

edited by

Perk Lin Chong

, Pengyan Guo, Lip Kean Moey and Foad Faraji

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 380 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; green mobility; energy efficiency; artificial intelligence-driven solutions; lightweight materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Macroalgae as Innovative Agricultural Inputs and Climate-Smart Agroecosystems: From the Sea to the Soil

edited by Andrés Calderín García, Danielle França de Oliveira Torchia and

Tadeu Augusto van Tol de Castro

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; macroalgae; climate-smart agroecosystems; circular agriculture; soil health; marine biotechnology; life cycle assessment (LCA); environmental sustainability; green technologies; sustainable nutrient management; plant– soil interactions

Smart and Efficient Power Systems: Renewable Energy Storage and Grid Integration for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Mutasim Ibrahim H Nour

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy storage; smart grid; power system integration; energy management; artificial intelligence; sustainable energy; decarbonization

Plant Ecological Function Research and Ecological Conservation

edited by

Kishwar Ali

and

Mark Abrahams

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant ecological function; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; ecological restoration; invasive species management; climate resilience; ethnobotany and culture; carbon sequestration; habitat dynamics; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Advancing Energy Efficiency, NetZero Strategies, and Decarbonization for Sustainable Built Environments

edited by

Amira Elnokaly

and Farres Yasser

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; sustainable built environment; green building design; renewable energy integration; smart cities; passive design strategies; building performance simulation; lifecycle assessment; building information modeling (BIM); IoT; AI; circular economy in construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Resilience and Sustainability of Socio-Ecological Systems

edited by Cesar Augusto Ruiz-Agudelo, Angela María Cortes-Gómez and Francisco De Paula Gutierrez Bonilla

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; ecosystem resilience; social resilience; production systems; socioecological systems; socio-ecological systems resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Advanced Data Science Technology for the Safety, Reliability, and Economic Viability of Sustainable Distributed Systems and Complex Industrial Systems

edited by Hua Zhang,

Hongda Gao

and Tengfei Tu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; sustainable systems; industrial systems; system reliability; machine learning; cybersecurity; energy efficiency

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainable Work and Organizational Practices

edited by

Diego Bellini

and

Barbara Barbieri

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: work and organizational psychology; entrepreneurship; innovation; sustainable work practices; psychological well-being; skills; identity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Smart Construction Ecosystems: Enhancing Safety and Sustainability Through Emerging Technologies

edited by

JeongWook Son

and

Jinyoung Kim

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction; sustainable building; construction safety; digital technologies; artificial intelligence (AI); construction automation; green construction technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Application of Proximal and Remote Sensing in Sustainable Urban and Peri-Urban Governance

edited by

Federico Valerio Moresi

,

Mauro Maesano

and

Elena Brunori

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape; UAV; landscape change; hydrogeological risk; GIS; landscape model; planning and management; remote sensing; Lidar; terrestrial laser scanner; forest; forest monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Green and Smart Synergies in Port, Shipping and Water Transportation

edited by

Dong Zhang

and Chenrui Qu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: green shipping; smart ports; maritime decarbonization; digitalization; alternative marine fuels; port automation; digital twin; IMO Regulations; sustainable logistics; intelligent water transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Innovation and Sustainable Development of Economy: New Material Technologies, Energy Efficiency and Organization Realities

edited by

Karen Paul

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; material technologies; economy; urban design

Energy Economy and Green Development: Pathways to Sustainable Transitions

edited by Ismail Fasanya

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy economy; green development; sub-saharan africa; renewable energy; sustainable development goals (SDGs); energy transition; green finance; technological innovation; policy frameworks; energy access and equity; environmental sustainability; economic diversification; just energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Resilient Cities Under Climate Changes

edited by Kairui Feng, Shiqi Zhou,

Hui Chen

and

Tao Shen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; climate adaptation strategies; sustainable urban morphology; green-blue infrastructure; climate equity; data-driven urban planning; multi-hazard resilience; post-disaster recovery; climate-responsive governance; transformative urban solutions; innovative infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Geo-Spatial Intelligence for Compact, Resilient, and Equitable Urban Land Use Planning

edited by

Tingting Xu

and

Jay Gao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial analysis; GIS; sustainable urban planning; land-use efficiency; geospatial modelling; urban resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Urban Water Cycle Management in the AI Era: New Trends in a Rapidly Changing Tool Kit

edited by

Vasilis Kanakoudis

,

Francesco De Paola

, Evangelos Keramaris and

Ayşe Muhammetoǧlu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: water systems; artificial intelligence; machine learning; digital tools; water quality; water resources; floods; drought; water cycle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Thermal Management, Energy Storage, and Renewable Energy Conversion for a Sustainable AI-Driven Era

edited by Zengguang Sui,

Jiaqiang Wang

, Zhixiong Ding and Yunren Sui

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal management; thermal energy storage; cold energy storage; electrical energy storage; phase change materials; renewable energy conversion; AI optimization; energy efficiency; sustainable energy systems; net-zero

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Energy in Building and Built Environment

edited by

Emanuele Ogliari

,

Minh Quan Duong

, Gabriela Sava,

Chowdhury Akram Hossain

and

Thang Trung Nguyen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; IoT; machine learning; optimization; renewable energy; smart grid; sustainable energy; storage system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Industry 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations: 2nd Edition

edited by

Filippo Marciano

,

Giuseppe Tomasoni

and

Paola Cocca

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; I4.0 technologies; sustainability; sustainability performance; smart manufacturing; smart supply chain; sustainable manufacturing; sustainable supply chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Psychological Foundations of Sustainable Organization Management

edited by

Seung-Yoon Rhee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychological resources; sustainable management; human resource management; innovative behavior; psychological well-being; leadership; mental and physical health; work– life balance; safety management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)

Integrating Construction 4.0 Technologies into Sustainable Construction

edited by

Frank Ghansah

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: Construction 4.0; sustainable construction; building information modelling (BIM); artificial intelligence (AI); Internet of Things (IoT); robotics in construction; blockchain in construction; digital twins; additive manufacturing/3D printing; smart and resilient built environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advances in Sustainable Agroecosystems: The Integrated Management of Crop, Livestock, and Environment

edited by

Aaron Norris

,

Brandon Smith

and Whitney Crossland

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystems; cover crops; crop residue; cropping systems; integrated crop and livestock; soil health; sustainable production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Interactions of Ocean, Atmosphere, and Environment: Focusing on Climate Change

edited by

Humberto Pereira

,

Ana Picado

and Ines Alvarez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ocean– atmosphere interaction; environmental sustainability; marine ecosystems; adaptation strategies; coastal resilience; extreme weather events

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)

Sustainable Marine Ecosystem: Conservation, Functioning, and Resilience

edited by

Mustapha Aksissou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; pollution; fisheries; ocean; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Nanotechnology in Sustainable Environmental Remediation

edited by

Marko Černe

,

Mohammed Bouhadi

and

Qaiser Javed

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; sustainable environmental chemistry; heavy metal stress; plant physiology; soil contamination; abiotic stress tolerance; green nanomaterials; phytoremediation; nano-enabled remediation; ecosystem sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil Conservation and Sustainability)

Advanced Materials and Systems for Sustainable Energy Solutions

edited by

Eskilla Venkata Ramana

and

Manuel Almeida Valente

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conversion; energy storage; environmental; photocatalysis; processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Water Sustainability: Managing Surface Water, Groundwater and Ecosystems for a Resilient Future

edited by

Basant Maheshwari

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: water sustainability; groundwater management; river health; urban water resilience; sustainable agriculture; water governance; managed aquifer recharge; citizen science; water– energy– food nexus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Research on Plural Values in Sustainable Urban Planning

edited by

Maria Cerreta

,

Simona Panaro

and Ludovica La Rocca

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: values; transdisciplinarity; place-based adaptation; spatial justice; climate justice; urban transformations; differential vulnerabilities; integrated evaluations; mix-methods approaches; values elicitation; values co-production; value-pluralism; action-oriented processes; group decision-making; collaborative decision-making; evaluation design; impacts assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Net-Zero Built Environments: Decarbonization via Digital Tools, Design & Landscape Sustainability

edited by

Yao-Ming Hong

and

Wenpei Sung

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building; digital design tools; net-zero architecture; building information modeling (BIM); low-carbon materials; landscape-based carbon sequestration; ISO 14064 and 14067 applications; smart building systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Hydrosystems Engineering and Water Resource Management: 2nd Edition

edited by Kiran Tota-Maharaj,

Hazi Azamathulla

, Rao Bhamidimarri and

Bimlesh Kumar

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water data analytics; hydrosystems; engineering; hydrology; floods and river catchment systems; sustainable drainage systems (SuDSs); hydraulic infrastructure; groundwater; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Sustainable Storage and Utilization of Renewable Energy

edited by

Gabriele Fambri

and

Cesar Diaz-Londono

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy integration; energy storage systems; storage degradation and lifecycle assessment; vehicles as mobile storage (V2G/V2X); multi-energy optimization and dispatch; bioenergy and hydrogen integration; smart grids and digital twins; AI-based energy management; energy flexibility and resilience; sustainable utilization of renewables

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Towards Net-Zero Industry X.0: Sustainable Governance, Smart Operations and Digital Twins

edited by

Jones Luis Schaefer

and

Osiris Canciglieri Junior

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart operations; digital twins; sustainable governance; net-zero industrial systems; Industry X.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Digital and Data-Driven Approaches to Sustainable Urban and Land Use Management

edited by

Ammar Abulibdeh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; land-use and land cover (LULC) change; GIS and remote sensing; smart cities and digital governance; spatial data analytics; climate-resilient planning; big data and artificial intelligence (AI); urban sustainability assessment; data-driven decision-making; environmental monitoring and modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Geopolymers and Composite Geopolymeric Materials for Environmental Pollution

edited by Alessio Occhicone and

Assunta Campanile

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: geopolymers; alkali-activated materials; geopolymer-based composites; adsorption; environmental pollution; sustainable materials; water treatment; air purification; soil remediation; hybrid adsorbents; multi-adsorbent process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Sustainable Approaches to Natural Product Extraction in Food Systems

edited by Edyta Symoniuk

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable extraction; natural products; food systems; green technologies; bioactive compounds; circular economy; food by-products valorization; life cycle assessment (LCA); green solvents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Innovative Approaches to Air Quality Monitoring and Health Impact Assessment

edited by

Elvira Kovač-Andrić

and Vlatka Gvozdić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality monitoring; health impact assessment; sustainable development; sensor technologies; exposure assessment; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)

Marine Waste Reduction, Pollution Governance, and Sustainable Ecology

edited by Pierre Courjault-Radé

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine waste; marine management; ecological sustainability; ecosystem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Food Management: Effective Strategies for a Sustainable Environment

edited by

Beata Bilska

, Marzena Tomaszewska and Agnieszka Tul-Krzyszczuk

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: food management; food waste reduction; sustainable food consumption; sustainable food production; environmental sustainability; educational programs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Sustainable Healthcare Systems

edited by

Carlos Fernández-Basso

and Andrea Morales-Garzón

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data analytics in healthcare; cognitive computing; health informatics; large language models (LLMs); autonomous AI Agents; multi-agent systems; machine learning and deep learning; predictive modelling; responsible and explainable AI; electronic health records; clinical decision support; multimodal data integration; sustainable healthcare systems; environmental and population health data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Sustainable Forest Services: Bioeconomy, Ecological Management, and Resource Development

edited by

Dalia Perkumienė

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest services; bioeconomy; ecological management; resource development; legal issues; renewable natural resources; recreational and ecological needs of society

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)

Sustainable Lithium-Ion Battery Management: Charging Optimization

edited by Fernanda Cristina Corrêa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; clean energy; electric mobility; environmental management; technological innovation; climate resilience; green transition; renewable resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Aerosol-Driven Air Pollution: Pathways to Sustainable Mitigation

edited by

Rafal Przekop

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol pollution; PM2.5; PM10; atmospheric chemistry; emission control; filtration; particles measurement; aerosol modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)

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