Sustainable Energy Systems: Innovative Perspectives

Book excerpt: This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of sustainable energy systems, as presented by researchers and engineers at the International Conference Sustainable Energy Systems: Innovative Perspectives (SES), held in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, on October 29-30, 2020. It covers highly diverse topics, including applications of renewable energy sources, recycling of solid municipal and industrial waste, circular economy based on agricultural waste, energy-efficient and sustainable buildings, innovation management and technologies of sustainable cities, sustainable construction, creative construction technology and materials, construction simulation and virtual construction, BIM and rapid prototyping for construction, consumption practices in the digital era, sustainable operations management, and supply chain management in the digital era. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaborations.