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Mngereza Miraji, Jie Liu and Chunmiao Zheng
River basins around the world face similar issues of water scarcity, deficient infrastructure, and great disparities in water availability between sub-regions, both within and between countries. In this study, different strategies under the Water Evaluat...
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Stefania Perrella, Fabio Bisegna, Piero Bevilacqua, Daniela Cirone and Roberto Bruno
In the EU, the building sector is responsible for 40% of the global energy consumption for final uses and 36% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Heat pumps allow for the replacement of conventional systems based on fossil fuels with the perspective o...
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Higor Costa de Brito, Iana Alexandra Alves Rufino, Mauro Normando Macedo Barros Filho and Ronaldo Amâncio Meneses
In the face of urban expansion, ensuring sustainable water consumption is paramount. This study aims to develop a domestic water demand forecast model that considers population heterogeneity and the urban area distribution in a city in the Brazilian Semi...
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Bernhard Jonathan Sattler, John Friesen, Andrea Tundis and Peter F. Pelz
Current challenges, such as climate change or military conflicts, show the great importance of urban supply infrastructures. In this context, an open question is how different scenarios and crises can be studied in silico to assess the interaction betwee...
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Wen-Cheng Shao, Jia-Wei Chen, Yu-Wei Dong, Chao-Ling Lu and Yi-Ting Chiou
Healthy buildings are the future of industrial development and a global trend. This study is based on the local demand in Taiwan for the certification of healthy building assessments. It consolidates fifteen relevant assessment indicators and the literat...
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Siti Multazimah Mohamad Faudzi, Danial Nakhaie Mohd Souhkri, Muhammad Fitri Mohd Akhir, Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Zaki Mohd Kasim, Nor Azazi Zakaria and Noor Aida Saad
Water shortage has been an issue for urbanized areas. For the Penang state in Malaysia, it is forecast that there will be a significant increase in water demand in the future. Penang authorities in Malaysia are trying to find an alternative water source ...
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Evangelos Bellos, Panagiotis Lykas and Christos Tzivanidis
The exploitation of renewable energy sources in the building sector is a challenging aspect of achieving sustainability. The incorporation of a proper storage unit is a vital issue for managing properly renewable electricity production and so to avoid th...
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Mariana Martínez-Castrejón, Enrique J. Flores-Munguía, Oscar Talavera-Mendoza, América L. Rodríguez-Herrera, Omar Solorza-Feria, Osbelia Alcaraz-Morales, Jazmin A. López-Díaz and Giovanni Hernández-Flores
Climate change, urbanization, and population growth, particularly in urban areas such as Acapulco, Mexico, put pressure on water availability, where although surrounded by water, the inhabitants lack enough good-quality water, especially in the rainy sea...
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Nitin Kaushal, Suresh Babu, Arjit Mishra, Rajesh Bajpai, Phanish Kumar Sinha, Rama Kant Arya, David Tickner and Conor Linstead
The pressure on freshwater resources is leading to diminishing flows in some of the critical river systems across the globe. India is no exception, and this is mainly because of water withdrawal for irrigation, which is often to the tune of 70% to 80% of...
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A K M Khabirul Islam, Patrick S. M. Dunlop, Neil J. Hewitt, Rose Lenihan and Caterina Brandoni
Billions of litres of wastewater are produced daily from domestic and industrial areas, and whilst wastewater is often perceived as a problem, it has the potential to be viewed as a rich source for resources and energy. Wastewater contains between four a...
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