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Electrification plays a key role in decarbonizing energy consumption for various sectors, including transportation, heating, and cooling. There are several essential infrastructures for a smart city, including smart grids and transportation networks. These infrastructures are the complementary solutions to successfully developing novel services, with enhanced energy efficiency and energy security. Five papers are published in this Special Issue that cover various key areas expanding the state-of-the-art in smart cities’ electrification, including transportation, healthcare, and advanced closed-circuit televisions for smart city surveillance.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- blockchain --- double auction --- electricity trading --- smart match mechanism --- multi-exposure image fusion --- intelligent transportation system --- adaptive optimization --- video super-resolution --- generative adversarial networks --- edge enhancement --- energy usage behaviour --- occupancy monitoring --- energy conservation --- out-of-hours consumption --- energy consumption monitoring --- electric vehicles --- detour --- route computation --- smart cities --- n/a

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Remote sensing is being actively researched in the fields of environment, military and urban planning through technologies such as monitoring of natural climate phenomena on the earth, land cover classification, and object detection. Recently, satellites equipped with observation cameras of various resolutions were launched, and remote sensing images are acquired by various observation methods including cluster satellites. However, the atmospheric and environmental conditions present in the observed scene degrade the quality of images or interrupt the capture of the Earth's surface information. One method to overcome this is by generating synthetic images through image simulation. Synthetic images can be generated by using statistical or knowledge-based models or by using spectral and optic-based models to create a simulated image in place of the unobtained image at a required time. Various proposed methodologies will provide economical utility in the generation of image learning materials and time series data through image simulation. The 6 published articles cover various topics and applications central to Remote sensing image simulation. Although submission to this Special Issue is now closed, the need for further in-depth research and development related to image simulation of High-spatial and spectral resolution, sensor fusion and colorization remains.I would like to take this opportunity to express my most profound appreciation to the MDPI Book staff, the editorial team of Applied Sciences journal, especially Ms. Nimo Lang, the assistant editor of this Special Issue, talented authors, and professional reviewers.

image fusion --- random forest regression --- SAR image --- panchromatic image --- high-resolution --- multi-beam LiDAR --- in situ self-calibration --- mobile mapping system --- 3D point cloud --- backpack-based mapping --- aerial orthoimage --- Sentinel-2 --- super-resolution --- image simulation --- residual U-Net --- interferometry --- remote sensing --- computational simulation --- denoising --- detection --- SAR imagery --- fusing region proposals --- KOMPSAT-3A --- strip --- sensor modeling --- RPCs --- mosaic --- matching --- discrepancy --- n/a

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Remote sensing is being actively researched in the fields of environment, military and urban planning through technologies such as monitoring of natural climate phenomena on the earth, land cover classification, and object detection. Recently, satellites equipped with observation cameras of various resolutions were launched, and remote sensing images are acquired by various observation methods including cluster satellites. However, the atmospheric and environmental conditions present in the observed scene degrade the quality of images or interrupt the capture of the Earth's surface information. One method to overcome this is by generating synthetic images through image simulation. Synthetic images can be generated by using statistical or knowledge-based models or by using spectral and optic-based models to create a simulated image in place of the unobtained image at a required time. Various proposed methodologies will provide economical utility in the generation of image learning materials and time series data through image simulation. The 6 published articles cover various topics and applications central to Remote sensing image simulation. Although submission to this Special Issue is now closed, the need for further in-depth research and development related to image simulation of High-spatial and spectral resolution, sensor fusion and colorization remains.I would like to take this opportunity to express my most profound appreciation to the MDPI Book staff, the editorial team of Applied Sciences journal, especially Ms. Nimo Lang, the assistant editor of this Special Issue, talented authors, and professional reviewers.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- image fusion --- random forest regression --- SAR image --- panchromatic image --- high-resolution --- multi-beam LiDAR --- in situ self-calibration --- mobile mapping system --- 3D point cloud --- backpack-based mapping --- aerial orthoimage --- Sentinel-2 --- super-resolution --- image simulation --- residual U-Net --- interferometry --- remote sensing --- computational simulation --- denoising --- detection --- SAR imagery --- fusing region proposals --- KOMPSAT-3A --- strip --- sensor modeling --- RPCs --- mosaic --- matching --- discrepancy --- n/a

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This book focuses on research related to the energy efficiency of conveyor transportation. The solutions presented in the Special Issue have an impact on optimizing, and thus reducing, the costs of energy consumption by belt conveyors. This is due, inter alia, to the use of better materials for conveyor belts, which reduce its rolling resistance and noise, and improve its ability to adsorb the impact energy from the material falling on the belt. The use of mobile robots designed to detect defects in the conveyor's components makes the conveyor operation safer, and means that the conveyor works for longer and there are no unplanned stops due to damage.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- conveyor belts --- magnetic method --- diagnostics --- NDT method --- belt damage --- statistical analysis --- neural networks --- transfer station --- DEM simulation --- reverse engineering --- conveyor belt --- transverse vibrations --- laboratory and in-service tests of conveyor components --- noise emissions --- belt tensile strength --- transition section --- theoretical model --- steel-cord conveyor belt --- energy-saving belt --- belt indentation rolling resistance --- rolling element bearing --- damage --- idler --- belt conveyor --- sound --- signal processing --- inspection robot --- rubber-textile conveyor belt --- support system --- puncture resistance --- absorbed energy --- image analysis --- hot spot detection --- image fusion --- inspection robotics --- n/a

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This book focuses on research related to the energy efficiency of conveyor transportation. The solutions presented in the Special Issue have an impact on optimizing, and thus reducing, the costs of energy consumption by belt conveyors. This is due, inter alia, to the use of better materials for conveyor belts, which reduce its rolling resistance and noise, and improve its ability to adsorb the impact energy from the material falling on the belt. The use of mobile robots designed to detect defects in the conveyor's components makes the conveyor operation safer, and means that the conveyor works for longer and there are no unplanned stops due to damage.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- conveyor belts --- magnetic method --- diagnostics --- NDT method --- belt damage --- statistical analysis --- neural networks --- transfer station --- DEM simulation --- reverse engineering --- conveyor belt --- transverse vibrations --- laboratory and in-service tests of conveyor components --- noise emissions --- belt tensile strength --- transition section --- theoretical model --- steel-cord conveyor belt --- energy-saving belt --- belt indentation rolling resistance --- rolling element bearing --- damage --- idler --- belt conveyor --- sound --- signal processing --- inspection robot --- rubber-textile conveyor belt --- support system --- puncture resistance --- absorbed energy --- image analysis --- hot spot detection --- image fusion --- inspection robotics