Urban heat island (UHI) could have significant impacts on building energy consumption by
increasing space cooling demand and decreasing space heating demand. However, the …

Food processing is among the greatest water‐consuming industries with a significant role in
the implementation of sustainable development goals. Water‐consuming industries such as …

Sustainable biomass valorization, as agricultural and forestry wastes, and the development
of conversion processes could bring additional benefits like solving the residue disposal …

China has one of the fastest-growing economies worldwide, consuming large amounts of
resources but also experiencing significant environmental issues. Water, energy, and …

Water consumption, energy use, and carbon emission are three related key anthropogenic
impacts on the natural environment. China is the largest carbon emitter and energy …

Limited by ecological conditions, in order to improve the innovation efficiency concerning
energy, a change from “extensive” to “green” is required. The development of sustainable …

Nowadays, utilities are being stressed for further gigantic energy production. Exponential
growth of human population and energy consumers in mega cites is witnessed. And thus …

This study presents developed approaches that could be used for retrofitting of existing heat
exchanger networks (HENs) within individual processes and industrial sites to achieve lower …

Energy efficiency can be considered as one of the key components of sustainability. This
study introduces a decision support tool that aims to provide increased energy efficiency in a …

In 2019, a staggering 931 million tons of food went to waste, which is equal to about 17% of
all the food available in stores. Dealing with this waste and managing wastewater from …