Do not miss any of the great plenary talks at SDEWES Conferences!
Plenary talks
Dr. Marcelo Mena Mitigating methane to keep 1.5C alive LA SDEWES 2024
Prof. Poul Alberg Østergaard Diversification and Dispersion of Heating and Cooling Production in the Energy Transition LA SDEWES 2024
Prof. Ingo Stadler Will power-to-X change the global economy - and will South America power the world? LA SDEWES 2024
Prof. Brian Norton Strategies for Decarbonisation of Buildings SDEWES 2023
Prof. Iva Ridjan Skov Development of PtX as a result of system thinking SDEWES 2023
Prof. Keywan Riahi Rapid Systems Transformations for Addressing Global Sustainability Challenges SDEWES 2023
Prof. Henning Meschede Integrated, renewable energy systems as the basis for a sustainable industry and economy SDEWES 2023
Prof. Maria da Graça Carvalho The role of research and innovation in the European plans for the clean energy transition and an effective strategic autonomy SDEWES 2022
Dr. Andreas Athienitis Modelling and Design of Smart Resilient Net-zero Solar Buildings and Communities SDEWES 2022
Prof. Henrik Lund Smart Renewable Energy Systems and Decarbonization SDEWES 2022
Prof. Goran Krajačić Sustainability of energy systems for efficient clean energy transition SDEWES 2022
Prof. Zita Vale Sustainable energy communities: concepts, models, and technologic solutions LA SDEWES 2022
Prof. Ofelia Araujo Energy Transition: Impacts of Decarbonization and Electrification LA SDEWES 2022
Prof. Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto Climate change and the challenge of regional and global sustainability LA SDEWES 2022
Prof. Jiří Jaromír Klemeš Reducing Environmental Footprints of Buildings Heating, Cooling and Ventilation by more Efficient and Renewable Energy Sources SDEWES SEE 2022
Prof. Ibrahim Dincer New Paradigms in Sustainable Energy Systems with Hydrogen SDEWES SEE 2022
Prof. Arben Merkoçi Nanobiosensors as efficient and sustainable tools for democratising our current environment monitoring system SDEWES SEE 2022
Prof. Detlef van Vuuren Untying the Knot: Explorations to Meet Climate and Sustainability Goals SDEWES 2021
Prof. Bernd Möller The Essence of Geography in Energy Sciences SDEWES 2021
Dr. Joeri Rogelj The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: a New Milestone for Our Understanding of Human-caused Climate Change SDEWES 2021
Prof. Marie Münster The Impact of Sector Coupling on Future Energy Systems SDEWES 2021
Prof. Soteris Kalogirou Status of Renewable Energy Systems in the World SDEWES 2021
Prof. Şiir Kılkış Enabling Pathways towards Sustainable Urban System Scenarios for Effective Climate Mitigation SDEWES 2021
Prof. Pierluigi Mancarella Flexibility and resilience from multi-energy systems SDEWES 2021
Prof. Hans-Martin Henning Towards a climate-neutral energy supply - pathways for the German energy transition and implications for global developments SDEWES 2020
Prof. Brian Vad Mathiesen Roadmap for achieving the 70 per cent 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target in Denmark SDEWES 2020
Prof. Henrik Wenzel Gas-to-liquid Hydrocarbon Production from Bio-methane, CO2 and Hydrogen SDEWES 2020
Prof. Amela Ajanovic How COVID-19 could change the transport system fundamentally? SDEWES SEE 2020
Dr. Marina Babić Mladenović River Engineering In South East Europe – Benefits And Faults SDEWES SEE 2020
Prof. Poul Østergaard Energy planning and the transition towards renewable energy systems SDEWES SEE 2020
Prof. Antonio Piacentino The Hot Issue of Cooling: Switching the Focus from the Technological to the Operational level SDEWES SEE 2020
Prof. Nataša Markovska Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Integrated Assessment Models in Climate Science SDEWES Buenos Aires 2020
Prof. Carlos Rinaldi Development of Environmental-Friendly Solid Propellants for Laser Ablation Propulsion SDEWES Buenos Aires 2020
Prof. Christian Breyer Impact of the Transition Towards 100% Renewable Energy Systems on Primary and Final Energy Demand SDEWES 2019
Prof. Robin Smith Rethinking Future Industrial Energy Systems SDEWES 2019
Prof. Henrik Lund 100% Renewable Smart energy systems SDEWES 2019
Prof. Frede Hvelplund Consumer ownership, natural monopolies and Green energy transition SDEWES 2018 Palermo
Prof. Marc Rosen Sustainable Energy - A key to the sustainability of environmental systems SDEWES 2018 Palermo
Prof. Jiří Jaromír Klemeš Environmental Footprints as a Tool to Progress to the Circular Economy SDEWES 2018 NOVI SAD
Prof. Fengqi You Integrated Hybrid Life Cyce Optimization for Multi-scale Sustainability Analytics of energy systems SDEWES 2018 NOVI SAD
Prof. Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi Water Minimisation via Integrated and management of water supply and demand SDEWES 2018 Palermo
Prof.Ingo Stadler Fear of Change SDEWES 2018 RIO
Prof. Cedo Maksimovic Blue Green Solutions for the next nexus generation SDEWES 2018 NOVI SAD
Prof. Siir Kilkis Benchmarking the Sustainability of Urban Energy, Water and Environment Systems with the SDEWES City Index and Envisioning Scenarios for the Future SDEWES 2017
Prof. Francois Marechal On Using Co2 And Renewable Energy For Autonomous Cities (Invited) SDEWES 2017
Prof. Goran Strbac Role and value of flexibility in facilitating secure and cost eff SDEWES 2016
Prof. Gonzalo Piernavieja Izquierdo Islands as References of Circular Economy Models Poten SDEWES 2016
Prof. Jean Pascal van Ypersele The Challenge of Climate Change: Also an Opportunity SDEWES 2017
Prof. Mario Giampietro Implementing More Effective Tools to Analyze the Sustainability of Social-ecological Systems in Relation to the Water-energy-food Nexus SDEWES 2017
Prof. Maria da Graca Carvalho Water, Energy and Environment in the scope of the Circ SDEWES 2016
Prof. Nebojsa Nakicenovic Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) SDEWES 2015
Prof. Zainuddin Manan Achieving Water Sustainability via Holistic Water Minimisation SDEWES 2015
Prof. Henrik Lund Smart Energy Systems SDEWES 2015
Prof. Natasa Markovska Climate Change Mitigation - Will We Make It? SDEWES 2015
Dr. Karel Mulder Strategic Competences for Concrete Action Towards Sustainability SDEWES 2015
Prof. Dusan Gvozdenac Serbian energy efficiency problems SDEWES 2013
Dr. Hans Schnitzer Low Carbon Techniques for the Agro-Food Sector SDEWES 2013
Prof. Qiuwang Wang High-Efficiency Heat Exchangers SDEWES 2013
Prof. Lars Ribbe Water, food and energy security in shared river systems SDEWES 2013
Prof. Brian Vad Mathiesen Smart energy systems SDEWES 2013
Panels
Energy communities and democratization of energy systems SDEWES 2023
Promoting women in energy research SDEWES 2023
Integrated Assessment Models and variable renewables SDEWES 2023
The challenges of Social Perception and Public Engagement towards Sustainability LA SDEWES 2022
Energy Transition: Drivers and Outcomes LA SDEWES 2022
Air Quality LA SDEWES 2022
Waste management and energy SDEWES SEE 2022
Sustainable development in smart cites and smart islands for faster energy transition and democratization of public utilities SDEWES 2021
Climate Neutrality in Cities SDEWES 2020
Country Readiness for Energy Transition SDEWES SEE 2020
Climate change LA SDEWES Buenos Aires 2020
The sustainability of plastic and its alternatives SDEWES 2019
Perspectives on 100% Renewable Energy Systems around the World SDEWES 2019
Getting published in an international journal, perspectives of Editors and Publisher SDEWES Palermo 2018
Stepping up the penetration of renewables against infrastructural and financial barriers SDEWES Palermo 2018
Sustainable energy systems with focus on personal transport electrification SEE SDEWES Novi Sad 2018
Getting published in an International Journal, perspectives of the publisher and the editors-in-chief SDEWES 2017
Sustainable Process Integration: Simultaneous Minimisation of Resource Intake and Emissions SDEWES 2017
Multi-Sectorial Integration of Electrical Power: E-Fuels, Power-to-Gas, etc. Reasonable pathways or just high complex academia? SDEWES 2015
Total Sites approach to energy and water efficiency SDEWES 2015
Can politics help scientific community to increase research and innovation potential of the regions? SDEWES 2015
SDEWES INDEX
Benchmarking the performance of cities across energy, water and environment systems related metrics presents an opportunity to trigger policy learning, action, and cooperation to bring cities closer to sustainable development.
Povjerenstvo Međunarodnog centra za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) odabralo je tri najbolja diplomska rada studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje za 2022./2023. Autori najboljih radova su 1. Karlo Kvaternik, 2. Marko Starčević i 3. Jan Karl Ormuž. Prvoplasirani će biti nagrađen s novčanom nagradom od 1.000,00 EUR bruto, a drugo i trećeplasirani imaju pravo na besplatnu kotizaciju za jednu od SDEWES konferencija koje će se održati 2024. godine. Čestitamo!
Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2022./2023. s ocjenom izvrstan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 1.000,00 EUR bruto. Prijave se šalju zaključno sa 16. listopada 2023. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org. Potrebno je poslati ispunjen obrazac za prijavu, diplomski rad i prijepis ocjena diplomskog studija.
Povjerenstvo Međunarodnog centra za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) odabralo je tri najbolja diplomska rada studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje za 2021./2022. Autorice najboljih radova su 1. Ivana Mikulić, 2. Jelena Brlić i 3. Klara Mihaljević. Prvoplasirana će biti nagrađena s novčanom nagradom od 5.000,00 HRK, a drugo i trećeplasirana imaju pravo na besplatnu kotizaciju za konferenciju SDEWES2023 koja će se održati u Dubrovniku 2023. godine. Čestitamo!
The updated list for citation year 2021 once again includes 19 members of the SDEWES International Scientific Committee in the 2% of the most cited scientists in the world today!
SDEWES Centre proudly congratulates to Annamaria Buonomano, Francesco Calise, Raf Dewil, Neven Duić, Kemal Hanjalic, Soteris A. Kalogirou, Şiir Kılkış, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Walter Leal Filho, Henrik Lund, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Antonio Piacentino, Rodney A. Stewart, Petar Sabev Varbanov, Subhas K. Sikdar, Qiuwang Wang, Jinyue Yan and Xiliang Zhang for this great achievement.
The list has been made and updated by a group of researchers from Stanford University led by professor John Ioannidis. They surveyed scientists around the world from different fields using Scopus database. separate data are shown for career-long and single year impact. Both lists are available here.
Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2021./2022. s ocjenom izvrstan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 5.000,00 HRK bruto. Prijave se šalju zaključno sa 6. studenim 2022. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org. Potrebno je poslati ispunjen obrazac za prijavu, diplomski rad i prijepis ocjena diplomskog studija.
Project 'COASTENERGY' was declared the best EU project in Croatia in the category 'Contribution to science and innovation'.
In this year's selection for the "Best County EU" project in Croatia, among 37 other candidates, the winner in the "Contribution to science and innovation" category was the Istrian County project COASTENERGY - Blue energy in ports and coastal urban areas. The project also won third place according to the popular public votes. SDEWES Centre participated in the project as a project partner in charge of the WP3.
Povjerenstvo Međunarodnog centra za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) odabralo je tri najbolja diplomska rada studenata FSB-a za 2019./20. te za 2020./21. Autori najboljih radova su Dino Kovačević u ak. godini 2019./20. te Dominik Rašić u ak. godini 2020./21. Prvoplasirani će biti nagrađeni s novčanom nagradom od 5.000,00 HRK svaki, a drugo i trećeplasirani imaju pravo na besplatnu kotizaciju za bilo koju od SDEWES konferencija u 2022. godini. Čestitamo
20 members of the SDEWES International Scientific Committee were listed among the 2% most influential scientists in the world today in the updated list for citation year 2020. The list has been made and updated by a group of researchers from Stanford University led by professor John Ioannidis. They surveyed 100,000 top scientists using Scopus database and classified them into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.
“We have created a publicly available database that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator”, the authors explained.
Separate data are shown for career-long and single year impact and can be browsed here.
SDEWES Centre proudly congratulates to our ISC members for this important achievement. Naim Afgan, Annamaria Buonomano, Francesco Calise, Mario M.G. Costa, Raf Dewil, Neven Duić, Kemal Hanjalic, Soteris A. Kalogirou, Şiir Kılkış, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Walter Leal Filho, Henrik Lund, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Antonio Piacentino, Rodney A. Stewart, Petar Sabev Varbanov, Qiuwang Wang, Jinyue Yan and Xiliang Zhang and we look forward to your future work!
Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2019./2020. te u akademskoj godini 2020./2021. s ocjenom izvrstan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 5.000,00 HRK bruto. Prijave se šalju do 5. studenog 2021. godine
na email: diplomski@sdewes.org ili osobno / poštom na SDEWES Centre, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000
Zagreb. Potrebno je poslati ispunjenu prijavnicu, diplomski rad i prijepis ocjena diplomskog studija.
Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata UNIZAG FSB-a. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2018./2019. s ocjenom izvrstan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 5.000,00 HRK bruto. Prijave se šalju do 30. rujna 2019. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org, potrebno je poslati ispunjenu prijavnicu, diplomski rad i presliku indeksa (naslovne stranice sa slikom te stranice s ocjenom diplomskog rada)
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 7, Issue 2 (for June 2019). Read more at the journal home page.
International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems engaged in specific R&D activities that address the problems common for the countries of the East and Southeast European and Mediterranean regions is seeking fellow at the Scientific Research Associate level n the field of mechanical engineering who will perform experimental research work within the domain of the division’s work program.
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 7, Issue 1 (for March 2019). Read more at the journal home page.
Povjerenstvo Međunarodnog centra za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) odabralo je tri najbolja diplomska rada studenata FSB-a za 2017./2018. Autori najboljih radova su Dino Golubić, Anja Ćeranić i Hrvoje Stančin. Prvoplasirani, Dino Golubić bit će nagrađen s novčanom nagradom od 5.000,00 HRK a druga dva kandidata imaju pravo na besplatnu kotizaciju za SDEWES konferenciju u listopadu, 2019. godine. Čestitamo!
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 6, Issue 4 (for December 2018). Read more at the journal home page.
Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata UNIZAG FSB-a. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2017./2018 s ocjenom odličan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 5.000,00 HRK bruto. Prijave se šalju do 30. rujna 2018. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org, potrebno je poslati ispunjenu prijavnicu, diplomski rad i presliku indeksa (naslovne stranice sa slikom te stranice s ocjenom diplomskog rada)
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 6, Issue 3 (for September 2018). Read more at the journal home page.
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 6, Issue 2 (for June 2018). Read more at the journal home page.
„Energy Conversion and Management“ published a May 2017 Special Issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 6, Issue 1 (for March 2018). Read more at the journal home page.
„Energy - The International Journal“ published a special issue dedicated to 2016 Conferences on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews“ published Volume 82, Part 2 (for February 2018), dedicated to SDEWES2016 Conference. Read more at the journal home page.
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 5, Issue 4 (for December 2017). Read more at the journal home page.
„Journal of Environmental Management“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
SDEWES Centre has awarded the best graduate theses in the past academic year of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in the field of sustainable development of energy, water and the environment systems.
A committee consisting of Prof. Nataša Markovska, Prof. Nikola Ružinski and Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek made a decision on the three best graduate theses and the best authors are Mario Majdandžić, Luka Pavlinek and Vanja Kušen.
Best thesis author, Mario Majdandžić will receive a cash prize in the amount of 5,000 HRK and the other two authors will receive a fee waiver for one of SDEWES conferences in 2018. Congratulations!
„Energy, Sustainability and Society“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th Dubrovnik conference, held in Dubrovnik in 2013. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 5, Issue 3 (for September 2017). Read more at the journal home page.
Project FosterREG - Second in the series of workshops "How to plan, finance and manage the projects with integrated energy efficiency measures in urban regeneration" took place in Osijek. Read more
„Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 5, Issue 2 (for June 2017). Read more at the journal home page.
Project FosterREG - First in the series of workshops "How to plan, finance and manage the projects with integrated energy efficiency measures in urban regeneration" took place in Zagreb. Read more
„Journal Thermal Science“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Energy - The International Journal“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
The International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES Centre) in cooperation with Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture conducts awarding of master’s theses in the field of sustainable development of energy, water and the environment of UNIZAG FSB students. All graduate students that have defended their thesis in academic year 2015/2016 are eligible for contest. Applications need to be sent by September 1st, 2016. Contest details are below.
SDEWES Centre has awarded the best graduate theses in the past academic year of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in the field of sustainable development of energy, water and the environment systems. A committee consisting of Prof. Nataša Markovska, Prof. Nikola Ružinski and Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek made a decision on the three best graduate theses and the best authors are Dominik Dominković, Nikola Matak and Karlo Kupres. They will be rewarded with a fee waiver for a SDEWES conference of their choice, and the best thesis author will also have fully paid transport costs and accommodation during the selected conference. Congratulations! Full decision is available here.
FosterREG website has been launched! FosterREG aims at enhancing public capacity at local, regional and national levels to plan, finance and manage integrated urban regeneration for sustainable energy uptake.
„Energy Conversion and Management“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
The International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES Centre) in cooperation with Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture conducts awarding of master’s theses in the field of sustainable development of energy, water and the environment of UNIZAG FSB students. All graduate students that have defended their thesis in academic year 2014/2015 are eligible for contest. Applications need to be sent by September 1st, 2015. Contest details are below.
„Waste Management & Research“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
World Academy of Art and Science published an invitation to the SDEWES2015 Conference in Dubrovnik.
Croatian portal Europski fondovi announced the SDEWES2015 Conference in Dubrovnik (in Croatian).
„Applied Energy“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th Dubrovnik conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Management of Environmental Quality“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th Dubrovnik conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
Out of top 5 downloaded Energy papers, 2 are from SDEWES special issues!
„International Journal of Sustainable Water and Environmental Systems“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th SDEWES conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Energy - The International Journal“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th SDEWES conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th Dubrovnik conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Journal Thermal Science“ published a special issue dedicated to 5th Dubrovnik conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
„Applied Energy“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th SDEWES conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
