Life Cycle Assessment of Energy and Environment
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 8915
Special Issue Editors
Interests: life cycle assessment; carbon footprint; water footprint; circular economy; environmental sustainability; renewable energies
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Interests: energy; engineering thermodynamics; computational fluid dynamics; CFD simulation; energy saving; civil engineering; renewable energy technologies; heat exchangers; thermal engineering; adsorption
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental sustainability is currently a focal issue, and increasingly ambitious goals and strategies are being established at various levels to target it. The goal is facing key global challenges such as the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, energy security, and the resilience of the industrial and civil sector.
In this regard, it is well understood that environmental and energy issues are strictly interconnected, and therefore that their comprehensive understanding requires a holistic approach. Considering energy and environment as separate systems may in fact lead to ineffective actions that may hinder the achievement of mutual benefits and generate undesirable consequences.
Life cycle assessment (LCA), which represents a recognized and widespread tool, is among the most comprehensive analytical techniques used to evaluate the environmental impact of products, technologies and policies and, therefore, to analyze sustainability benefits in a holistic way.
In this context, this Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews, and case studies focused on energy, environment, and their mutual connections.
Dr. Flavio Scrucca
Dr. Andrea Aquino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental sustainability
- life cycle assessment
- climate change
- sustainable development
- carbon footprint
- water footprint
- energy footprint
- energy resilience
- energy efficiency
- renewable energy
- circularity