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Medaglia, Rony (author), Rukanova, B.D. (author), Zhang, Ziyan (author)The transition from a linear economy towards a circular economy (CE), based on reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling existing materials and products, is one of the key priorities in pursuing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), where governments play a fundamental role, with the support of digital technologies.<br/><br/>Despite the...journal article 2024
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Procaccini, Giulia (author), Prieto, Alejandro (author), Knaack, U. (author), Monticelli, Carol (author), Konstantinou, T. (author)The European building stock demands urgent renovation due to the age of the buildings, their expected lifetime, and their excessive energy consumption, which accounts for more than a third of the EU’s total emissions. However, the complexities involved, such as time, costs, and structural modifications, often discourage clients, tenants, and...journal article 2024
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McQuillan, H.L. (author), Karana, E. (author)Technology embeddedness in HCI textiles has great potential for enabling novel interactions and enriched experiences, but unless carefully designed, could inadvertently worsen HCI’s sustainability problem. In an attempt to bridge sustainable debates and practical material-driven scholarship in HCI, we propose Multimorphic Textile-forms (MMTF),...conference paper 2023
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Capasso, M. (author), Umbrello, S. (author)The pervasiveness of AI-empowered technologies across multiple sectors has led to drastic changes concerning traditional social practices and how we relate to one another. Moreover, market-driven Big Tech corporations are now entering public domains, and concerns have been raised that they may even influence public agenda and research. Therefore...book chapter 2023
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Rod, J. E. (author), King, Mark (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)Walking is the cornerstone of active and sustainable transport. However, traffic safety concerns among pedestrians could reduce walking behaviour. Safety concerns are generally measured through risk perceptions. Unfortunately, a lack of theoretical development of risk perceptions in walking behaviour research has limited our capacity to identify...journal article 2023
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Waving back: Reflections on the WaVE project and perspectives on the future of water-linked heritageDabrowski, M.M. (author), Fernandez Maldonado, A.M. (author), Thoolen, Hans (author)WaVE stands for Water-linked heritage Valorization by developing an Ecosystemic approach. This Interreg Europe project brought together five European locations that have in common a rich history of cultural heritage in which water plays an important role. WaVE’s main goal was to exchange knowledge and insight across those territories to promote...report 2023
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Kousa, C. (author), Lubelli, B. (author), Pottgiesser, U. (author)Reconstruction and recovery of historic cities after destruction due to conflict or natural disasters have gained increasing relevance in the last decades. The investigation of international examples of recovery after war or natural catastrophic events can provide knowledge for improving guidance and strategies for sustainable reconstruction/...journal article 2023
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Nazari-Shirkouhi, Salman (author), Miralizadeh Jalalat, Sepideh (author), Sangari, Mohamad Sadegh (author), Sepehri, A. (author), Rezaei Vandchali, Hadi (author)Attaining sustainability objectives has received wide attention in the supplier selection and order allocation (SSOA) literature. This paper aims to investigate an SSOA problem under multiple items, multiple suppliers, multiple price levels, and multiple period using a robust-fuzzy multi-objective programming in which: (a) transportation cost,...journal article 2023
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Roosenbrand, E.J. (author), Sun, Junzi (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Contrails contribute to global warming by trapping outgoing terrestrial radiation, exerting an immediate warming influence on the climate. The climatic impact of contrails is potentially comparable to that of aviation’s carbon emissions. This underlines the importance of minimizing contrail formation to mitigate the climate effects of aviation,...conference paper 2023
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Kirichek, Alex (author), Pruyn, J.F.J. (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Zuidwijk, R. (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Tachi, K. (author), van Koningsveld, M. (author)Several measures have been developed to prevent emissions from inland water transportation. However, it is challenging to weigh all the aspects to identify the pathway that will ultimately result in zero-emission inland shipping. A data-driven virtual representation of the inland shipping system can be used to evaluate zero-emission strategies,...conference paper 2023
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Gonçalves, Joana (author), Mateus, Ricardo (author), Silvestre, José Dinis (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)The role of heritage buildings in pursuing a more sustainable built environment has been widely discussed in the last decades, from their importance to cohesive and inclusive communities to their contribution to resources conservation and therefore to reducing materials-related carbon emissions. Norms, policies, standards, and design-aid tools...book chapter 2023
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Gür, D.R. (author)Purpose: This review paper provides an inductive analysis on "Smart product service systems" in fashion industry by explaining how servitization as a form of service innovation is critical for sustainability, and the promise of digital technologies for smart fashion industry based on analysing current challenges, opportunities, and digital...journal article 2023
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Shao, Deo (author), Ishengoma, Fredrick R. (author), Alexopoulos, Charalampos (author), Saxena, Stuti (author), Nikiforova, Anastasija (author), Matheus, R. (author)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the drivers, barriers, benefits and risks affecting the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) into the e-government and to provide a future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach: Existing literature examining the relationships between e-government and IoT is scanned and evaluated by...journal article 2023
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Kumar Ashish, Prabin (author), Sreeram, Anand (author), Xu, Xiong (author), Chandrasekar, Pavan (author), Jagadeesh, A. (author), Adwani, Dheeraj (author), Kumar Padhan, Rabindra (author)The widespread production and consumption of plastics is a pressing global issue that requires multifaceted approaches and solutions. In terms of recycling, one of the ways to repurpose waste plastics in the construction industry would be to utilize them for asphalt pavement-related applications. Although this approach can potentially provide...review 2023
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Kosar, Sadiye (author), Isik, Onur (author), Cicekalan, Busra (author), Gulhan, Hazal (author), Cingoz, Seyma (author), Yoruk, Mustafa (author), Ozgun, Hale (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Ersahin, Mustafa Evren (author)Achieving a neutral/positive energy balance without compromising discharge standards is one of the main goals of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in terms of sustainability. Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) technology promises high treatment performance with low energy and footprint requirement. In this study, high-rate activated sludge (HRAS...journal article 2023
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Tsui, To Hung (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Dai, Yanjun (author), Tong, Yen Wah (author)Biorefinery systems are playing pivotal roles in the technological support of resource efficiency for circular bioeconomy. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence presents great potential in handling scientific tasks of high-dimensional complexity. This review article scrutinizes the status of machine learning (ML) applications in four critical...review 2023
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van Veldhuizen, B.N. (author), van Biert, L. (author), Amladi, A. (author), Woudstra, T. (author), Visser, K. (author), Aravind, P.V. (author)An increasing demand in the marine industry to reduce emissions led to investigations into more efficient power conversion using fuels with sustainable production pathways. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) are under consideration for long-range shipping, because of its high efficiency, low pollutant emissions, and fuel flexibility. SOFC systems...journal article 2023
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Nußholz, Julia (author), Çetin, Sultan (author), Eberhardt, Leonora (author), De Wolf, Catherine (author), Bocken, Nancy (author)The application of the circular economy (CE) in the building industry is critical for achieving the carbon reduction goals defined in the Paris Agreement and is increasingly promoted through European policies. In recent years, CE strategies have been applied and tested in numerous building projects in practice. However, insights into their...journal article 2023