Green Energy and Sustainability

Special Issues

Selected Papers from the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Guest Editor: Petros Gikas, Justin Chun-Te Lin, Anthoula Manali, Konstantinos Tsamoutsoglou
Deadline: Apr 30, 2023 (open)
Sustainability Perspectives on the Global Energy Transition
Guest Editor: George Papadakis, Vasilis M. Fthenakis , Prasad Kaparaju
Deadline: Jun 30, 2022 (closed)
Selected Papers from the 12th National Conference of IHT
Guest Editor: Thomas Kotsopoulos, Georgios Martinopoulos, Giorgos Panaras
Deadline: Sep 30, 2021 (closed)

About Editors-in-Chief

Jan Baeyens

Professor, Process and Environmental Technology Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, 2860, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
Professor, Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

Jan Baeyens is Visiting Professor and Principal Investigator at Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), where he is actively involved in the life science/technology and renewable energy research. He is also part-time Professor at the University of Leuven and worked as a process and project consultant in Europe and overseas. He continues to co-supervise PhD and Masters' research at the University of Leuven and at BUCT. He is author of over 255 publications in international journals and author/editor of 14 books, with an H-index 58 (Scopus) and 66 (Google Scholar). He is also a regular speaker at international congresses and regular Guest Editor for international journals.

Vasilis M. Fthenakis

Director of Center for Life Cycle Analysis, Professor of Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA

Vasilis Fthenakis is the Founding Director of the Center for Life Cycle Analysis (CLCA), and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University. Fthenakis is internationally recognized with his leading work in the energy-environment nexus and renewable energy grid integration. With a focus on developing methodologies, models, and tools to analyze cleaner energy alternatives, he has been a pioneer in studying the environmental impact, resource availability and recycling of photovoltaics (PVs), accelerating their commercial adoption around the world. His research on the life-cycles of renewable, nuclear, and fossil-fuel technologies has been a crucial contribution to today’s key debates about energy and climate change and has put several energy technologies on a comparable basis with solar. More recently, he broadened the CLCA’s research to explore solar-enabled water desalination and “green” hydrogen production.

Special Issues

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Green Energy and Sustainability

Feedstock analysis, technical and achievable potential of advanced biofuels, renewable gases and recycled carbon fuels for the Greek transport sector until 2050

Agricultural uses in a greenhouse structure with an integrated solar desalination system on the roof

Evaluation of methods for determining energy flexibility of buildings

Smart buildings for smart cities: Analysis of the Smart Readiness Indicator

Simulation and analysis of three, solar assisted, ground source heat pump systems