From public policy towards the green energy transition: Do economic freedom, economic globalization, environmental policy stringency, and material productivity matter? DOI
Mehmet Aydın, Tunahan Değirmenci, Azad Erdem

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Energy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 311, P. 133404 - 133404

Published: Oct. 10, 2024

Language: Английский

Conversion of waste into sustainable construction materials: A review of recent developments and prospects DOI Creative Commons
Lin Chen, Mingyu Yang, Zhonghao Chen

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Materials Today Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27, P. 100930 - 100930

Published: July 26, 2024

The production and use of traditional building materials contribute to environmental pollution natural resource depletion. Besides, disposal agricultural, industrial, construction waste other solid wastes is a significant contemporary for both developing developed countries. Consequently, this study comprehensively examines sustainable (SCMs) sourced from materials. It analyzes 190 peer-reviewed papers, evaluating their properties, engineering suitability, impacts on the environment, economy, society. Findings reveal that most SCMs have good performance, yet improvements are needed in demonstrating (33.3%), economic (40%), social sustainability (73.3%). Also, experimental stages, requiring further research human toxicity, long-term savings, maintenance costs, vital indicators. This review highlights some current challenges facing promote studies, reduce non-renewable energy consumption recycling, facilitate application green buildings.

Language: Английский

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Artificial intelligence potential for net zero sustainability: Current evidence and prospects DOI Creative Commons
David B. Olawade, Ojima Z. Wada, Aanuoluwapo Clement David-Olawade

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Next Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4, P. 100041 - 100041

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This comprehensive review explores the nexus between AI and pursuit of net-zero emissions, highlighting potential in driving sustainable development combating climate change. The paper examines various threads within this field, including applications for net zero, AI-driven solutions innovations, challenges ethical considerations, opportunities collaboration partnerships, capacity building education, policy regulatory support, investment funding, as well scalability replicability solutions. Key findings emphasize enabling role optimizing energy systems, enhancing modelling prediction, improving sustainability sectors such transportation, agriculture, waste management, effective emissions monitoring tracking. also highlights related to data availability, quality, privacy, consumption, bias, fairness, human-AI collaboration, governance. Opportunities building, investment, are identified key drivers future research implementation. Ultimately, underscores transformative achieving a sustainable, provides insights policymakers, researchers, practitioners engaged change mitigation adaptation.

Language: Английский

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Advancing environmental sustainability in construction through innovative low-carbon, high-performance cement-based composites: A review DOI Creative Commons
Mingyu Yang, Lin Chen,

Jianzhong Lai

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Materials Today Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26, P. 100712 - 100712

Published: Feb. 13, 2024

The evolution of concrete materials faces challenges in meeting the mechanical demands contemporary architectural structures due to limitations conventional and impracticalities ultra-high-performance concrete. Addressing this, exploration Low-Carbon, High-Performance Cement-Based Composites (LCHPCC) emerges as a strategic avenue. This paper investigates diverse within LCHPCC realm, emphasizing material selection innovative processes bolster performance sustainability. study delves into large-volume pozzolanic cementitious materials, including LC3 system, inert filler powders, alkali-activated systems. It underscores critical considerations for optimizing powder utilization low-carbon methodologies. Furthermore, enhancing aggregate system with fine coarse aggregates enhances high-performance characteristics LCHPCC. Incorporating recycled waste fibers significantly increases properties Additionally, integration specific chemical additives nanomaterials not only elevates but also broadens application potential A life-cycle assessment analysis practical validation case studies demonstrate substantial advantages over traditional concrete, its sustainable attributes. offers balanced proposition ongoing development aligning principles construction.

Language: Английский

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Navigating the molecular landscape of environmental science and heavy metal removal: A simulation-based approach DOI Creative Commons

Iman Salahshoori,

Marcos A.L. Nobre, Amirhosein Yazdanbakhsh

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Journal of Molecular Liquids, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 410, P. 125592 - 125592

Published: July 20, 2024

Heavy metals pose a significant threat to ecosystems and human health because of their toxic properties ability bioaccumulate in living organisms. Traditional removal methods often fall short terms cost, energy efficiency, minimizing secondary pollutant generation, especially complex environmental settings. In contrast, molecular simulation offer promising solution by providing in-depth insights into atomic interactions between heavy potential adsorbents. This review highlights the for removing types pollutants science, specifically metals. These powerful tool predicting designing materials processes remediation. We focus on specific like lead, Cadmium, mercury, utilizing cutting-edge techniques such as Molecular Dynamics (MD), Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, Quantum Chemical Calculations (QCC), Artificial Intelligence (AI). By leveraging these methods, we aim develop highly efficient selective unravelling underlying mechanisms, pave way developing more technologies. comprehensive addresses critical gap scientific literature, valuable researchers protection health. modelling hold promise revolutionizing prediction metals, ultimately contributing sustainable solutions cleaner healthier future.

Language: Английский

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Benefits and limitations of recycled water systems in the building sector: a review DOI Creative Commons
Lin Chen, Zhonghao Chen, Yunfei Liu

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Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(2), P. 785 - 814

Published: Jan. 8, 2024

Abstract Building construction requires important amounts of freshwater, thus depleting the already stressed natural water resources. This issue could be addressed by using recycled in and building systems. However, integrating greywater recycling systems is limited complexity, costs, vulnerability to environmental fluctuations, coordination policymakers, developers, practitioners. Here, we review buildings with focus on case studies successful implementations, policies, treatment buildings, health aspects. Compared conventional tap water, incorporation enhances consistency workability reclaimed concrete 12–14%, it increases viscosity 11% yield stress 25%. We discuss intricacies systems, emphasizing conserving mitigating impact, enhancing economic efficiency. Challenges include quality assurance, dual piping infrastructure, regulatory compliance. Government interventions, including incentives, mandates, subsidy emerge as drivers for widespread adoption. Technological advancements, such membrane filtration advanced oxidation processes, are examined strengths limitations.

Language: Английский

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Impact of green technology and energy on green economic growth: role of FDI and globalization in G7 economies DOI Creative Commons

Mohammad Jibran Gul Wani,

Nanthakumar Loganathan, Hanaa Abdelaty Hasan Esmail

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Future Business Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(1)

Published: April 24, 2024

Abstract With the increase in economic growth, world is facing serious challenges concerning environmental sustainability. Hence, green growth imperative for sustainable and inclusive development. The objective of this study to contribute existing literature about factors that influence growth. investigates role technology, energy, foreign direct investment, globalization on G7 countries. data collected from WDI, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, OECD database period ranges 1995 2020. existence cointegration between variables was tested by Westerlund’s (Oxford Bull Econ Stat 69(6):709–748) test. Due presence cross-sectional dependency, employed autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) method estimate coefficients long short run. also used a common correlated effect—mean group (CCEMG) estimator robustness check. findings reveal energy FDI positively technology contributes enhance but only To accelerate countries should incorporate policies promoting while acquiring more investments ensure

Language: Английский

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Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for Stakeholder Engagement and Social Innovation in Addressing Climate Change DOI Open Access
Surajit Bag, Susmi Routray, Santosh Kumar Shrivastav

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Journal of Global Information Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 32(1), P. 1 - 31

Published: Jan. 4, 2025

This study employs Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and thematic analysis to explore the topics of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Stakeholder Engagement (SE) social innovation. To enhance methodological rigor, integrated literature media recognize within texts using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), an unsupervised machine learning method. The highlights AI's influence on engagement, aligning with diffusion theory, stressing need emphasize benefits for faster adoption.

Language: Английский

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Urban Water Systems Engineering DOI Creative Commons

Shofia Saghya Infant,

A.S. Vickram,

A. Saravanan

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Results in Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 104349 - 104349

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Towards a Green Economy in China? Examining the Impact of the Internet of Things and Environmental Regulation on Green Growth DOI Open Access
Dong Zhang, Sana Ullah

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(16), P. 12528 - 12528

Published: Aug. 18, 2023

The idea of green growth stresses the necessity for economic expansion while resolving environmental issues, notably climate change. Internet Things (IoT) and regulations have potential to support growth. Therefore, this study intends examine empirical link between IoT, regulations, in China by utilizing autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) quantile (QARDL) methods analyze data from 1997 2021. Data are obtained reputable local international sources like Organisation Economic Co-operation Development (OECD), World Indicators (WDI), Energy Information Administration (EIA), National Bureau Statistics China. Findings derived baseline ARDL model prove that renewable energy consumption, research development (R&D) encourage long-run Likewise, robust also highlights internet, policy stringency, R&D help In short run, stringency internet favorably linked model, consumption is baselines model; however, regulation negatively findings QARDL analysis show impact IoT on promoting significant across all quantiles. On other hand, effects more pronounced at higher levels These imply policymakers should try increase role digitalization society decouple pollution. Moreover, be supported implementing strict laws regulations.

Language: Английский

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Artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data in natural resources management: A comprehensive bibliometric review of literature spanning 1975–2022 DOI
Dharen Kumar Pandey, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Ratikant Bhaskar

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Resources Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 86, P. 104250 - 104250

Published: Oct. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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