Academic Articles & Research Papers

Insights into the entire building life cycle assessment (LCA): existing trends, challenges and prospective framework

Building sustainability assessment increasingly demands life cycle coverage that captures environmental burdens and trade-offs beyond operational energy, including embodied impacts and end of life (EoL) outcomes under circular economy (CE) ...

The role of artificial intelligence in sustainable finance

This Special Issue includes several articles on a variety of issues related to sustainable development, ESG investing and the role of Artificial Intelligence in helping creditors, investors and business managers in making optimal decisions ...

Development of a BIM-based AI-driven matching tool for LCA datasets

Abstract The construction sector significantly contributes to environmental issues and often relies on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the quantification and optimization of its environmental impacts. One of the most time- and labour-intens...

Assessing carbon and economic loss from oak decline in Iran’s Zagros forests using Sentinel-2 and machine learning

Over recent decades, the decline of oak trees, which has emerged as the most significant challenge to the Zagros forests (ZFs), poses serious threats to carbon storage (CS) and economic valuation, jeopardizing the ecological and economic su...

Mapping artificial intelligence research in higher education toward sustainable development

Abstract The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on higher education (HE), fundamentally changing teaching, learning, research and academic management. Although there have been many studies on the app...

Artificial intelligence in plant breeding

Harnessing cutting-edge technologies to enhance crop productivity is a pivotal goal in modern plant breeding. Artificial intelligence (AI) is renowned for its prowess in big data analysis and pattern recognition, and is revolutionizing nume...

A bibliometric analysis of industry 4.0 digital manufacturing and smart technologies for sustainable development

Abstract This study provides a broad bibliometric analysis of Industry 4.0 as well as technology-based production systems within the appropriate scientific literature to target the description of the dynamic structure, intellectual foundati...

Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability

Automated decision making and predictive analytics through artificial intelligence, in combination with rapid progress in technologies such as sensor technology and robotics are likely to change the way individuals, communities, governments...

Research Priorities for a Circular Economy for Plastic Sustainability in the Caribbean.

AI-Based Environmental Color System in Achieving Sustainable Urban Development

Confronting the age of artificial intelligence, exploring art through technology has become one of the directions of interdisciplinary development. Not only does artificial intelligence technology explore sustainability on a technical level...

Integrative Approaches to Soybean Resilience, Productivity, and Utility: A Review of Genomics, Computational Modeling, and Economic Viability

Soybean is a vital crop globally and a key source of food, feed, and biofuel. With advancements in high-throughput technologies, soybeans have become a key target for genetic improvement. This comprehensive review explores advances in multi...

Prospects and complexities in sustainability impacts of global residue-based bioenergy deployment.