Environmentalists, public authorities, and international organizations have been searching for sustainable solutions at the macro and micro levels due to severe environmental problems. The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations (UN) proposed an integrated program for achieving sustainable production and consumption patterns. With this goal in mind, we launch this Research Topic to explore the technology-enabled circular economy models for a sustainable approach to energy production and consumption patterns, which can help avoid excessive consumption of natural resources and enable access to sufficient energy and water for everyone. Increasing the application of technology-enabled green and circular economy practices has the potential to increase energy efficiency and develop a rigorous sustainable production and consumption system, which will lead to better environmental sustainability.
Circular Economy (CE) models pursue economic opportunities by limiting environmental impacts and enhancing waste management efficiency, waste prevention, and resource utilization. Thus, organizations and businesses can better maintain the value of resources and products for a long time. Furthermore, it gives an opportunity for society to actively participate in the economic transformation through responsible consumption. Through the CE approach, energy consumption can be reduced and even regenerated, which is associated with environmental and economic sustainability. While, technology, such as Big Data, Blockchain Technology, and Industry 4.0, could play a significant role in executing CE models in coordination and management.
This Research Topic aims to create a collection of rigorous research articles that examine, explore and make proposals for the conditions and mechanisms, which can fully optimize the benefits of a circular economy and lead toward sustainable energy production and consumption patterns. We invite articles integrating a system perspective (i.e., economic and environmental interconnectedness) and addressing topics from the conceptualization to execution of a Circular Economy in the energy field with Technological Innovation at micro, meso, and macro levels.
Moreover, we encourage an insightful and critical discussion about how a technology-enabled circular economy contributes to sustainability in terms of the SDGs that the UN set, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy), SDG 12 (Responsible consumption and production), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). Through the economic policy measures proposed by the authors, this Research Topic can be a guide to good practice for public authorities in different countries and used for the reconfiguration of sectoral and national strategies such as the National Waste Management Plan, Sustainable Development Strategy, National Energy, and Climate Plan.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
· Energy conservation and circular economy
· Energy efficiency and circular economy
· Process energy integration technology
· Industrial symbiosis network and circular economy
· Circular economy and modularization in energy infrastructure
· Energy transition and circular economy
· Circularity and climate policies
· Circularity of carbon
· Rebound effects of circular economy and mitigation strategies
Environmentalists, public authorities, and international organizations have been searching for sustainable solutions at the macro and micro levels due to severe environmental problems. The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations (UN) proposed an integrated program for achieving sustainable production and consumption patterns. With this goal in mind, we launch this Research Topic to explore the technology-enabled circular economy models for a sustainable approach to energy production and consumption patterns, which can help avoid excessive consumption of natural resources and enable access to sufficient energy and water for everyone. Increasing the application of technology-enabled green and circular economy practices has the potential to increase energy efficiency and develop a rigorous sustainable production and consumption system, which will lead to better environmental sustainability.
Circular Economy (CE) models pursue economic opportunities by limiting environmental impacts and enhancing waste management efficiency, waste prevention, and resource utilization. Thus, organizations and businesses can better maintain the value of resources and products for a long time. Furthermore, it gives an opportunity for society to actively participate in the economic transformation through responsible consumption. Through the CE approach, energy consumption can be reduced and even regenerated, which is associated with environmental and economic sustainability. While, technology, such as Big Data, Blockchain Technology, and Industry 4.0, could play a significant role in executing CE models in coordination and management.
This Research Topic aims to create a collection of rigorous research articles that examine, explore and make proposals for the conditions and mechanisms, which can fully optimize the benefits of a circular economy and lead toward sustainable energy production and consumption patterns. We invite articles integrating a system perspective (i.e., economic and environmental interconnectedness) and addressing topics from the conceptualization to execution of a Circular Economy in the energy field with Technological Innovation at micro, meso, and macro levels.
Moreover, we encourage an insightful and critical discussion about how a technology-enabled circular economy contributes to sustainability in terms of the SDGs that the UN set, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy), SDG 12 (Responsible consumption and production), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). Through the economic policy measures proposed by the authors, this Research Topic can be a guide to good practice for public authorities in different countries and used for the reconfiguration of sectoral and national strategies such as the National Waste Management Plan, Sustainable Development Strategy, National Energy, and Climate Plan.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
· Energy conservation and circular economy
· Energy efficiency and circular economy
· Process energy integration technology
· Industrial symbiosis network and circular economy
· Circular economy and modularization in energy infrastructure
· Energy transition and circular economy
· Circularity and climate policies
· Circularity of carbon
· Rebound effects of circular economy and mitigation strategies