Energy and water are essential, inseparable, and inextricably linked resources that are
recognized as indispensable inputs to modern economic and national security …

The importance of the interdependence between water and energy, also known as the water-
energy nexus, is well recognized. The water-energy nexus is typically characterized in …

Currently almost all wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) require a large amount of energy
input to process the influent, mostly as electricity, and the associated carbon emissions are …

Water management faces great challenges over the coming decades. Pressures include
stricter water-quality standards, increasing demand for water and the need to adapt to …

The construction of buildings has a very important impact on the environment, and the
process of manufacturing and transporting of building materials, and installing and …

Since the construction stage of buildings is heavily dependent on supports from urban,
national and global economies, a hybrid systems analysis combining input-output analysis …

Water supply and wastewater services incur a large amount of energy and GHG emissions.
It is therefore imperative to understand the link between water and energy as their …

Despite a quick shift of global goals toward carbon-neutral infrastructure, activated sludge
based conventional systems inhibit the Green New Deal. Here, a municipal wastewater …

Defining sustainable cities is not straightforward. The main issues involved in urban
sustainability are buildings, energy, food, green areas and landscape, mobility, urban …

Urine diversion has been proposed as an approach for producing renewable fertilizers and
reducing nutrient loads to wastewater treatment plants. Life cycle assessment was used to …