by Marina van Geenhuizen  and Razieh Nejabat

Received: 11 July 2022;  Published: 16 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301007

This paper pictures several risk-taking strategies of young high-tech firms in bringing energy inventions to market and ways urban policy (municipalities) may provide supporting facilities and help accelerate the energy transition. Derived from a longitudinal study of 100 firms in northwest Europe, two findings contribute to practice. Firstly, a share of almost 40 percent of university spin-off firms fails in the market introduction; if the market introduction is reached, 30 percent is relatively late. This develop [...]

by Huda Jamal Jumaah  , Mohammed Hashim Ameen  and Bahareh Kalantar

Received: 31 August 2022;  Published: 12 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301006

Iraq’s lakes and rivers are currently exposed to drought because of climatic and political conditions. This study uses satellite images and geographic information systems to display the water depletion and the change in the surface water area of Hamrin Lake. Sentinel-2 imagery of 2018 and 2022 was used to analyze the surface water area changes and water depletion. A comparison was made by studying the changes that happened between 2018 and 2022 respectively. Moreover, a supervised classification technique was [...]

by Despina Vamvuka  , Katerina Esser  , Dimitrios Marinakis  and George Kalantzakis

Received: 02 November 2022;  Published: 11 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301005

This work aimed at evaluating all products from the low-temperature pyrolysis (350°C) of some industrial wastes, cotton stems and seeds (CSS), grape husks and curls (GRH), undigested sewage sludge (USS) and their blends in a fixed bed system and suggesting their possible applications. Solid and liquid products, biochars, and bio-oils were analyzed using various techniques by physicochemical, mineralogical, and chemical analyses. Gases were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed using a thermogravimetric-mass [...]

by Todorka Samardzioska  , Milica Jovanoska  and Vesna Grujoska

Received: 11 September 2022;  Published: 11 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301004

The textile industry is one of the oldest industries and the third most important industry branch in Macedonia. It has had a steady increase in production over the years. Growing production line proportionally generates textile waste. Although it is terminologically categorized as waste, textile waste can be a valuable resource and is one of the textile industry’s main challenges. Textile waste, appropriately treated with the possibilities offered by the recycling process or used as a clean waste, can find multi-fa [...]

by Nicola Cantasano

Received: 12 June 2022;  Published: 05 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301003

Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile is one of the most important endemic species of the Mediterranean Sea. The long phylogenetic pathway of this species deserves special attention because its evolutionary history allows us to think back over the debated issue of life evolution on Earth. Hence, this marine plant, by terrestrial origin, was born from an ancient ancestor named Posidonia cretacea Hosius & Von der Marck. This seagrass species, currently extinct, lived in the coastal waters of the Tethys Ocean about [...]

by Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research Editorial Office

Received: 04 January 2023;  Published: 04 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301002

The editors of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2022. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal's editorial process. We aim to recognize reviewer contributions through several mechanisms, of which the annual publication of reviewer names is one. Reviewers receive a voucher entitling them to a discount on their next LIDSEN publication and can do [...]

by Luis A. Martínez  , Lizeth Rodríguez  , Carlos M. Flores  , Carlos A. Cisneros  , Mario W. Chávez  , Idis A. Lemus  and René I. Ariza

Received: 28 August 2022;  Published: 03 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301001

Net zero energy building design methodologies include integrative approaches and numerical tools to provide optimal performance and cost-effective results. Team integration, characterized by knowledge transfer between disciplines, has yet to be quantified for the design processes of these buildings. This article proposes a specific methodology for designing net zero energy buildings, tested through a case study design process conducted in an academic setting at Universidad Centroamericana in El Salvador, with the p [...]

by Faraz Estelaji  , Alireza Naseri  and Rahim Zahedi

Received: 08 October 2022;  Published: 26 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2204057

Crisis management assessment and planning include many components. One of the essential elements is the review and analysis of the structure of the existing situation and the performance of Vital services in the face of critical cases. During the occurrence of natural disasters, the issue of crisis management is crucial in order to reduce the damages caused by the crisis. One thing that reduces the damages is the correct and timely access of critical relief centers such as fire departments, emergency, police force, [...]

by Abdirizak Jama Ali  , Shoaibur Rahman  and Asif Raihan

Received: 18 October 2022;  Published: 26 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2204056

The study was carried out in three different locations in Dinajpur district, Bangladesh，to observe soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems as a mitigation strategy for climate change. A total of 108 composite soil samples were collected at 0-30 cm in different study area sites. The total number of samples comprised three agroforestry systems (cropland agroforestry, homestead agroforestry, and orchard agroforestry)， where 36 samples were collected from each agroforestry system. Three adjacent soil samples [...]

by Inara Watson  , Amer Ali  and Ali Bayyati

Received: 18 August 2022;  Published: 26 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2204055

The world is becoming more dependent on energy resources, which translates into political dependency on energy-exported states. This will significantly impact the economy, transport, and the environment around the world. Railway transport is becoming an essential mode of transportation because it can operate on an electrified network and has zero carbon emissions. High-Speed Railways (HSR) is an energy-intensive transport system, and it is important economically and environmentally to reduce the amount of used ener [...]