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Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Lady Bravo-Montero, Jhon Caicedo-Potosí and Paúl Carrión-Mero
The excessive use of energy from fossil fuels, which corresponds to population, industrialisation, and unsustainable economic growth, is the cause of carbon dioxide production and climate change. The Water?Energy?Food (WEF) nexus is an applicable concept...
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Elsa M. Gonçalves, Mafalda Silva, Luiza Andrade and Joaquina Pinheiro
In the wake of escalating global concerns over the environmental impact of plastic pollution, there has been an unprecedented call for sustainable alternatives. The food-packaging industry, responsible for a staggering 40% of global plastic consumption, ...
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Grazia Leonzio
Due to the increase of carbon dioxide emissions, a target for their reduction has been defined in the Paris Agreement for 2030. This topic is extremely important, and urgent actions are required so that the attention of the scientific community is mainly...
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Tingwei Meng, Xiaofang Shan, Zhigang Ren and Qinli Deng
Environmental problems including the depletion of natural resources and energy have drawn a lot of attention from all sectors of society in the context of high-quality global development, and solid waste generated by the construction industry accounts fo...
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Thomas Rötger, Chris Eyers and Roberta Fusaro
The request for faster and greener civil aviation is urging the worldwide scientific community and aerospace industry to develop a new generation of supersonic aircraft, which are expected to be environmentally sustainable, and to guarantee a high level ...
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Leandro S. Silva, Mayara Amario, Carina M. Stolz, Karoline V. Figueiredo and Assed N. Haddad
The escalating demand for natural resources within the construction industry is progressing upward. At the same time, however, there is a great concern regarding the depletion of these resources. This review paper emphasizes the significance of utilizing...
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Jacek Michalak
This article presents the results of analyzing environmental impact indicators of thirteen ceramic tile adhesives (CTAs). The analyzed data came from ten third-party-verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) created in 2016?2022. The paper exami...
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Konstantinos Mantalovas, Iain Peter Dunn, Francesco Acuto, Vineesh Vijayan, Laura Inzerillo and Gaetano Di Mino
Resource depletion and climate change, amongst others, are increasingly worrying environmental challenges for which the road engineering sector is a major contributor. Globally, viable solutions that comply with the principles of circular economy (CE) ar...
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Mattia Di Sessa, Pier Paolo Riviera, Lucia Tsantilis, Leonardo Urbano, Orazio Baglieri and Ezio Santagata
In recent decades, the international community has recognized the detrimental impact of the construction industry on the environment. In recent years, the use of recycled aggregates has attracted increasing interest as a sustainable and cost-effective so...
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Marta Mª Domínguez-Herrera, Olga González-Morales, Eduardo González-Díaz
In the last years, the increase in urbanization and the volume of construction has accelerated. This situation requires systematizing the use of limited resources, especially in island territories. The construction sector contributes to the depletion of ...
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