Sustainability awareness has become increasingly important to society and a matter of
interest by scholars and professionals. This article presents an overview of the concept and …

Cities around the world are being wrecked by the ever-increasing burden of traffic. Smart
cities are a recent innovation perceived as a winning strategy to cope with some severe …

This article has reviewed international research, up to the first half of 2021, focused on
sustainability, big data and the mathematical techniques used for its analysis. In addition, a …

The construction sector is the largest consumer of raw materials and accounts for 25%–40%
of the total CO 2 emissions globally. Besides, construction activities produce the highest …

Purpose Environmental impact assessment (EIA) for transport infrastructure should consider
geological constraints, legislative regulations, public policy and other strategic …

The construction industry, and at its core the building sector, is the largest consumer of non-
renewable resources, which produces the highest amount of waste and greenhouse gas …

Frost, particularly during the spring, is one of the most damaging weather phenomena for
vineyards, causing significant economic losses to vineyards around the world each year …

For complex manufacturing systems, the current hybrid Agent-Based Modelling and Discrete
Event Simulation (ABM–DES) frameworks are limited to component and system levels of …

Biofuels, such as those derived from woody biomass, are being developed as one part of a
renewable energy portfolio; however, it remains unclear if they can be sustainably …

This paper focused on the performance monitoring and modeling of a 6.0 kW, 2000 L hybrid
direct expansion solar assisted heat pump (DX-SAHP) water heater used for the production …