Publication detail

Integration of Energy, Water and Environmental Systems for a Sustainable Development

Baleta, J. Mikulčić, H. Klemeš, J.J. Urbaniec, K. Duić, N.

Original Title

Integration of Energy, Water and Environmental Systems for a Sustainable Development

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Joint efforts and interdisciplinary approach are proper means to face the issue of global warming. An adequate response should be to employ state of the art scientific knowledge for the technology advancement, as well as for fostering new scientific insights. Together with resource efficiency, circular economy is getting in focus of researchers and consequently policymakers. Sustainable development is a multidisciplinary topic and interaction of energy, water and environment systems plays one of the central roles. Within the paradigm of circular economy, there is growing need for system integration where a by-product of one system can represent resource for the other. This review is dedicated to the 12th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Sysmems, and discusses some latest developments in three main areas of sustainability themes: (i) Energy, (ii) Water and (iii) Environmental Systems. Examples of circular economy approach have been emphasized which improve economic efficiency of the whole chain and further decrease environmental burden, enabling cleaner production. Although integrative concept of energy, water and environmental systems is coming in the research focus, more effort is necessary for further integration of those systems, whereby increased complexity is going to be handled only by multidisciplinary, intersectoral scientific cooperation.

Keywords

Energy systems; Environmental systems; Integration; Sustainable development; Water systems; Global warming; Planning; Pollution control; Environmental burdens; Resource efficiencies; Scientific cooperation; Scientific knowledge; Technology advancement; Water system

Authors

Baleta, J.; Mikulčić, H.; Klemeš, J.J.; Urbaniec, K.; Duić, N.

Released

1. 4. 2019

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Location

ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND

ISBN

0959-6526

Periodical

Journal of Cleaner Production

Number

215

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1424

Pages to

1436

Pages count

13

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619300411?via%3Dihub

BibTex

@article{BUT160765,
  author="Baleta, J. and Mikulčić, H. and Klemeš, J.J. and Urbaniec, K. and Duić, N.",
  title="Integration of Energy, Water and Environmental Systems for a Sustainable Development",
  journal="Journal of Cleaner Production",
  year="2019",
  number="215",
  pages="1424--1436",
  doi="10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.035",
  issn="0959-6526",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619300411?via%3Dihub"
}