Global energy consumption, due to rapid developments on the back of population growth, climate change, disruptive global pandemic, and etc, is at important divide. Energy resources continue to be stressed, at an alarming rate to satisfying high demands throughout the world. In year 2030, global demand for energy is reached peak, according to prediction by World Energy Council.

Balancing between preserve energy raw materials, sustenance of necessities, and the resultant carbon footprints, is going to need massive rethought and strategies. Advancements in science and technology nowadays is allowing management of resources and energy to take a future step. Already in many efforts of managing future energy today, soft computing is taking a great leap in giving us more information of high importance. Systematic energy management is now possible to do wonders of computer aided simulations, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, etc. As results, future energy is being designed and managed today, where a) planning b) design (and retrofitting) c) construction d) operation and maintenance are now systematically governed.

Potential topics, to be covered by the Special Issue, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Energy sustainability performance

(2) Integration and adoption of renewable energy resources and its measures

(3) Hybrid renewable energy system and solution

(4) Experimentations and modeling on energy system

(5) Sustainability strategies through Artificial Intelligence, optimization, and control

(6) Energy growth and its correlation to gas emissions

(7) Energy assessment and the way forward