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In recent years, there has been increasing attention to lighting energy efficiency, due to economics - lower energy costs - and environmental reasons - 
man-induced climate change. Driven by strict energy-efficiency requirements, the lighting industry started to replace the traditional lamps with LED lighting solutions, ignoring the limits of their maintenance and recycling. 
Faced with an increasing global population, rising resource consumption, and associated negative environmental impacts, shifting from a traditional economic linear model to a more sustainable paradigm of growth is now becoming increasingly urgent. Whereas the topic of circular economy has been widely investigated in literature in the past, little attention has been reserved for the different evaluation tools to assess and improve product circularity and how companies can become more resource efficient. 
Hence, the present thesis investigates the implementation of a circular economy in the lighting industry using circularity indicators and eco-design strategies. Concerning the real luminaires products, the role of the luminaire in the circular economy and recycling industry is explored, highlighting the limits of their End-of-life process. The main conclusions of the thesis reveal the significance of initial product development, reuse, remanufacturing, and repair strategies in a transition towards a circular economy.

circular economy --- luminaire --- eco-design --- recycling --- circularity indicators --- Ingénierie, informatique & technologie > Géologie, ingénierie du pétrole & des mines

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This open access book gathers contributions presented at the International Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (JCM 2020), held as a web conference on June 2–4, 2020. It reports on cutting-edge topics in product design and manufacturing, such as industrial methods for integrated product and process design; innovative design; and computer-aided design. Further topics covered include virtual simulation and reverse engineering; additive manufacturing; product manufacturing; engineering methods in medicine and education; representation techniques; and nautical, aeronautics and aerospace design and modeling. The book is organized into four main parts, reflecting the focus and primary themes of the conference. The contributions presented here not only provide researchers, engineers and experts in a range of industrial engineering subfields with extensive information to support their daily work; they are also intended to stimulate new research directions, advanced applications of the methods discussed and future interdisciplinary collaborations.

Technical design --- Production engineering --- Computer-aided design (CAD) --- Engineering Design --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes --- Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design --- Machines, Tools, Processes --- Open Access --- Additive Manufacturing --- Virtual Prototyping --- Eco-design --- Generative design --- Digitalization in Manufacturing --- Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems --- 3D Modeling --- Human-machine Interaction --- Sustainable redesign --- Stress analysis and simulation --- Robost design methods --- Topological optimization --- NES design --- Geometric modelling --- Smart tightening

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Metal nanoparticles/polymers hybrid materials have significantly contributed to the develop of nanotechnology. Moreover, these hybrid materials can respond to stimuli (e.g., pH, temperature, light, magnetic field) or self-degrade in a controlled manner to release metal nanoparticles or therapeutics encapsulated. Functional and structural hybrid materials provide opportunities for creative fields, remarkable properties, and future advanced applications. This Special Issue focuses on highlighting the progress of new hybrid materials, based on metal nanoparticles and polymers, their design, preparation, functionalization, characterization, and advanced applications.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Mining technology & engineering --- alginate --- non-chloride in situ preparation --- nano-cuprous oxide --- flame-retardant --- mechanism --- nanoparticles --- polyethylene glycol --- Tween 80 --- cytotoxicity --- hemotoxicity --- primary cell culture --- medical applications --- SERS --- PMMA --- AgNPs --- in-situ --- adenosine --- methylene-blue --- smart hybrid materials --- properties of nanoparticles–reinforced polymers --- biotechnology --- cellulose acetate --- porosity --- ionic radius --- water-pressure --- silver nanoparticles --- nanocellulose --- engineered nanomaterials --- water monitoring --- water treatment --- ecosafety --- ecotoxicology --- eco-design --- polymersomes --- vesicles --- drug-delivery --- ultrafast laser --- plasmonic --- nanobubble --- fragmentation --- zero valent copper --- Cu0-containing hybrid anion exchanger --- Cu2O reduction --- ascorbic acid as reducer --- n/a --- properties of nanoparticles-reinforced polymers

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A wide variety of technologies and products have already become widespread in our society. However, policies have not been well-implemented to effectively reduce energy consumptions and CO2 emissions by promoting low-carbon technologies and products. This Special Issue focuses on studies targeting specific products (e.g., motor vehicle, household dishwashers, etc.) and/or technologies (e.g., information and communication technology, transport technology, CO2 capture technology, etc.) and quantifying resource and energy consumptions and CO2 emissions associated with products and technology systems using the reliable inventory database. Thus, this Special Issue provides important studies on how demand- and supply-side policies can contribute to reducing energy consumptions and CO2 emissions from consumption- and production-based perspectives.

History of engineering & technology --- lifecycle analysis --- CAFE standards --- fuel economy --- automobile manufacture --- carbon footprint --- hybrid MRIO --- SDA --- energy saving --- energy composition --- China --- information and communications technology --- productivity --- renewable energy --- energy sector --- distributed energy system --- resource security --- domestic mineral production --- input-output analysis --- environmental assessment --- transition --- low carbon technologies --- low carbon transition --- decarbonisation --- zero carbon --- air pollution --- diesel ban --- electric vehicles --- transport policy --- transport planning --- London --- CO2 emissions --- household consumption --- index decomposition analysis --- structural decomposition analysis --- aging society --- Japan --- CO2 capture --- thermal power plants --- oxyfuel combustion --- allam cycle --- post-combustion --- pre-combustion --- energy efficiency policy --- household appliances --- eco-design --- energy labelling --- indirect impacts --- general equilibrium model --- FIDELIO model --- road transport --- low carbon scenario --- GHG mitigation measures --- cost-benefit --- mitigation cost --- financing --- climate change --- energy-saving --- attitude --- Big Five --- personality traits --- office --- household --- pro-environment

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New challenges in water systems toward safety, efficiency, reliability, and system flexibility will be fundamental in the near future. In this book, readers can find different approaches that include safety analysis, system efficiency improvements, and new innovative designs. The risk function is a measure of its vulnerability level and security loss. Analyses of transient flows associated with the most dangerous operating conditions, are compulsory to grant system liability in terms of water quantity, quality, and system management. Specific equipment, such as air valves, is used in pressurized water pipes to manage the air inside, associated with the emptying and filling process. Advanced tools are developed toward near-future smart water grids. The water system efficiency and water–energy nexus, through the implementation of suitable pressure control and energy recovery devices, as well as pumped-storage hydropower, provide guidelines toward the most technical and environmental cost-effective solutions. Integrated analysis of water and energy allows more reliable, flexible, and sustainable eco-design projects, reaching better resilience systems. Hydraulic simulators and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), conjugating with field or experimental tests, supported by advanced smart equipment, allow a better design, control, and complex event anticipation occurrence to attain high levels of water system security and efficiency.

trunk network --- water distribution network --- resilience --- optimization --- energy recovery --- pumps as turbines --- water distribution networks --- EPANET --- safe water --- air valve --- CFD --- hydraulic characterization --- entrapped air --- safety of water supply consumers --- risk --- water supply system --- failure risk analysis --- decision making model --- risk assessment methodology --- experiments --- ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry (UDV) --- flowmeters --- computational fluid dynamics (CFD) --- pipe system efficiency --- pressure reducing valves --- leakage reduction --- water-energy nexus --- air–water interface --- filling --- flow --- pipelines --- transient --- water management --- reservoirs --- hydropower plants --- pumped storage power plants --- hydropeaking --- environmental flows --- smart water management --- smart water grids --- water drinking network --- water losses --- energy production --- pumped-storage --- micro-hydropower --- water networks --- dimensional analysis --- pumping system --- safety and control --- hydraulic transients and CFD analyses --- water systems efficiency --- new design solutions and eco-design