Special Issue on ‘Smart Technologies for Urban Energy Systems'
We invite contributions to a Special Issue on ‘Smart Technologies for Urban Energy Systems’, to be published by the Journal of Urban Technology, https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cjut20.
Special Issue Description
This special issue aims to bring together researchers with new ideas and high-impact findings on smart applications designed to control and predict energy use, improve energy efficiency, and support the implementation of renewable energy sources in smart cities. In this context, new technologies can and must be used to operate smarter by using more renewable energy and using energy more efficiently. Some new applications that allow cities to manage resource constraints and control energy consumption for more efficiency might include technologies such as smart metering, smart lighting, electric vehicle charging, smart air quality monitoring, smart waste management, and solar photovoltaic panels. These technologies can play a significant role in designing sustainable mobility policies, promoting renewable energy use, creating performant waste management, and implementing ICT infrastructures.
All these can contribute to a significant improvement in the management of energy systems and air quality, while controlling pollution and environmental degradation. This special issue also seeks to attract studies that will offer a critical view of these developments, describing the limitations of using smart technologies in the smart cities framework and elaborating some significant practical and policy recommendations for overcoming these limitations.
Special Issue Themes
This Special Issue of the Journal of Urban Technology will expand scholarly knowledge by curating interdisciplinary state-of-the-art research on the general topic of ‘Smart Technologies for Urban Energy Systems’. The Special Issue welcomes theoretical and empirical research articles along with literature studies on the following themes, while other relevant themes will also be considered:
§ Smart Technologies
§ Smart Energy Systems
§ Renewable Energy Sources
§ Smart Cities
§ Energy Efficiency
§ Smart Energy in Transportation
§ Smart Grids
§ Smart Sensors
§ Limitations in using smart technologies
Contribution Types
We welcome contributions in the following formats:
§ Original research (max. 8,000 words): Makes a substantial contribution to theory, method, application, or practice through experimental or empirical study or conceptual discussions.
§ Systematic literature review (max. 8,000 words): Identifies, appraises, and synthesizes all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a research question.
§ Meta-analysis (max. 8,000 words): Analyzes data from independent studies quantitatively to determine overall trends and derive conclusions about that body of research.
Submission Formatting
Manuscripts will follow the paper submission guidelines provided on the journal website. You can find more information about formatting under the section ‘Instructions for authors’ https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=cjut20.
Submission Procedure and Dates
§ Extended Abstract Submission: Authors with interests and research in Smart Technologies for Urban Energy Systems should submit their extended abstracts of 300–500 words to the guest editors via email by 1 May 2023.
§ Manuscript Submission: Following to an editorial review process, submission with caliber and good fit will be invited to submit their manuscript to the Special Issue through the journal’s submission platform by 1 December 2023. All submissions will undergo double-blind peer-review.
§ Release of the Special Issue: Accepted manuscripts, following a double-blind peer-review process, will be published online asap. The Special Issue is expected to be finalized and assigned to an issue in 2024.
Guest Editors
§ Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente
University Castilla-La Mancha, Spain daniel.balsalobre@uclm.es
§ Radulescu Magdalena
University of Pitesti, Romania magdalena.radulescu@upit.ro
§ Rita Yi Man Li
Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong ymli@hksyu.edu
§ Sofiane Hamrioui
ESAIP Engineering School, France shamrioui@esaip.org
§ Hafez Salleh
University of Malaya, Malaysia hafez@um.edu.my