Applied Industrial Technologies for a Sustainable Industry 5.0 in a Digicircular Perspective
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2022) | Viewed by 6174
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart manufacturing; digital transformation; sustainability; circular economy; automation systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: digital manufacturing; multi-criteria decision making; safety and human factors; smart manufacturing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: industrial plant; project management; supply chain management; industry 4.0; circular economy; technology management; energy management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
At present, the world is the “global” stage for political scenarios and the ecological and digital transition of the planet. The real challenge is to combine technological innovation and environmental protection in order to design a better society and economies: it is a unique opportunity. A more sustainable world is also a resilient and prosperous world, stronger in the face of crises and innovative in the ways of doing business. The climate crisis and the digital revolution are two profound and irreversible global transformations that must now be tackled with a global vision. Digital technology is in fact the greatest ally of sustainability, and there can be no sustainability (environmental, economic, social) without digital technologies. Today, the world is being shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, but if we look to the future and think about the post-COVID world, the greatest urgency is and always will be the protection of the planet and the conservation of natural resources. Climate change and the depletion of resources, principally water, put the survival of all natural species at risk and question the patterns of life and consumption that we have adopted as "normal" in recent decades. What technological innovations can support the environment? The aim of the present Special Issue is to investigate these issues. Both theoretical and experimental studies are welcome, as well as comprehensive review and survey papers.
Prof. Dr. Antonella Petrillo
Prof. Dr. Fabio De Felice
Dr. Ilaria Baffo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart manufacturing
- Industry 5.0
- energy efficiency
- digitalization
- green technologies
- sustainability
- innovation
