Sustainable cities

Potential and climate effects of large-scale rooftop photovoltaic energy deployment in northwest China's capital cities

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iScience, Volume 27, 18 October 2024
This study demonstrates the large rooftop photovoltaic energy potential of China’s capital cities, showing that rooftop installations could also mitigate heat.
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Climate Action; Clean Energy; Sustainable cities, Asia

The One Health approach in urban ecosystem rehabilitation: An evidence-based framework for designing sustainable cities

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iScience, Volume 27, 18 October 2024
This perspective provides recommendations and strategies for the urban ecosystem rehabilitation of future cities, placing biodiversity and ecosystem services at the core of designing healthy and sustainable urban spaces.
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Sustainable cities; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Hybrid model- and learning-based fault diagnosis in adaptive buildings

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Control Engineering Practice, Volume 151, October 2024
A paper highlighting innovations designed to lower the emissions of newly constructed buildings, focusing on a study of adaptive high-rise buildings which can save significant resources and reduce the emissions seen in more traditional structures. The article supports SDGs 9, 11, 12 and 13.
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Climate Change; Sustainable cities; Technology, Global

Technological Pathways for Africa' s Net-Zero Economy, Chapter 4: Technological advancements in Africa

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Technological Pathways for Africa' s Net-Zero Economy, Technology Solutions to Unlock Africa's Sustainable Future, 2025, Pages 139-157

This chapter aligns with SDG Goals 7, 11, and 13 by exploring the significance of international partnerships and collaborations in promoting innovation and expanding renewable energy initiatives in Africa. It offers pragmatic suggestions for incorporating renewable energy alternatives into Africa's development agenda.

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Sustainable cities; Energy; Technology, Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Europe; Global; Middle East; North America; Oceania; Pacific; South America

Assessing opportunities for enhanced lighting energy conservation via occupancy and daylight monitoring

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Gala, D., Khetan, S., & Mehendale, N. (2024). Assessing opportunities for enhanced lighting energy conservation via occupancy and daylight monitoring. Measurement: Energy, 3, 100015.

This article addresses SDGs 7, 12 and 13 by examining responsible energy consumption and automated systems that provide potential efficiencies through lighting optimization.

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Sustainable cities; Energy; Sustainable consumption and production

Pre-disposed tectonic subsidence controls flood hazards and unplanned urbanisation dominates the flood disasters in the Pliocene to Holocene Kashmir basin, NW Himalayas

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Quaternary Science Advances, Volume 14, June 2024
The primary outcome of our work is the strong evidence that flood hazards are related to the structural setting of the basin, which includes topography and geology, while the transition of flood hazards into disasters is mainly because of unplanned urbanization.
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Climate Action; Sustainable cities, Asia; Global

Uncovering the differentiated impacts of carbon neutrality and clean air policies in multi-provinces of China

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iScience, Volume 27, 21 June 2024
This study is a comprehensive assessment of the effects of climate change mitigation and pollution policies in China, providing policy recommendations.
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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities; Climate Action, Asia

Intensifying urban imprint on land surface warming: Insights from local to global scale

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iScience, Volume 27, 15 March 2024
In this study, the authors analyse local surface urban heat island during 2003–2018 using satellite observations over 536 cities worldwide. Spatiotemporal patterns and mechanisms of the surface urban heat island are tightly linked with climate-vegetation conditions.
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Climate Action; Sustainable cities, Global

Energy storage and electrocatalytic applications of nanoclay composites

Elsevier, , Volume , 1 January 2024
Rising human populations and energy demands have triggered the scientific community to explore renewable and sustainable energy sources, along with enhancing technologies associated with energy storage and electrocatalytic applications. Nanoclay has gained significant attention in recent years for various applications, of which energy storage and electrocatalytic applications are the most significant domains.
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Energy; Sustainable cities, Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Europe; Global; Middle East; North America; Oceania; Pacific; South America

The efficiency of solar panels and power control

Elsevier, , Volume , 1 January 2024
Solar panels are a good alternative to fossil fuels. However, despite their numerous advantages, their most important limitation is dependence on environmental conditions. To solve this problem, energy storage systems are used with solar panels. To set a fixed output voltage requires designing a strong switching system to use stored energy when solar energy drops below the required value due to environmental conditions, and to store it in a storage system when there is a surplus of solar energy.
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