Why publish with ICE?

Access to ICE membership – ICE Publishing, as the publishing arm of ICE, is the only publisher that brings you direct access to ICE’s membership of 80,000.

Visibility – we also have thousands of readers who are not members of ICE, from corporations, to governments, to universities. Our journals are included in major engineering indexes and resources.

Quality – our journals’ reputation for quality is unsurpassed, ensuring that the originality, authority and accuracy of your work will be fully recognised.

Support – if your paper is accepted, you will have a dedicated editorial contact who will handle all of your enquiries and provide you with guidance on writing your paper.

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Environmental Geotechnics THEMED ISSUE

Editor: Dr Marco Barla, Assistant Professor, Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

Call for PapersEnergy geostructures: advances and perspectives

This 2015 themed issue of Environmental Geotechnics will explore advances and perspectives in energy geostructures.The annual consumption of energy in the world is continuously rising. It is, at present, mainly satisfied by fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal, which are the main contributors to the greenhouse effect. Climate change mitigation and adaptation are also challenges for the near future. In this context, the development of local sources of energy with low environmental impact is increasingly necessary. Geothermal energy can play a significant role among renewable energy resources. It has none of the detrimental environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel and nuclear power. It can be developed locally without impact on the landscape, and with less land consumption and output fluctuations than solar, wind or hydroelectrical power. This has led to the recent expansion of shallow geothermal applications for heating and/or cooling of buildings. The integration of heat exchangers in those elements of the structure that interface with the ground, such as foundations, tunnels and diaphragm walls, is particularly attractive due to the inherent cost saving involved in combining a required structural component with the harvesting of geothermal energy.

Advances in this field can be achieved only by a multidisciplinary approach, which requires a strong contribution from the geological and geotechnical disciplines.

This 2015 themed issue of Environmental Geotechnics will explore the state of the art and the perspectives of the application of thermoactive geostructures.

Topics to address could include

ground investigation methods

thermo mechanical behaviour of geomaterials

energy performance assessment

new techniques and technological developments for thermoactive geostructure design

geotechnical and structural implications on buildings and infrastructures

environmental issues, sustainability and urban planning

applications and case studies.

The deadline for abstracts is 30 January 2015. The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2015.

Invitation to authorsTo submit an abstract or to request

further details and full journal guidelines, please contact

Alison McAnena T: +44 20 7665 2450; E: a.mcanena@icepublishing.com

For more information about the journal, visit: www.icevirtuallibrary.com

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Why publish with ICE?

Access to ICE membership – ICE Publishing, as the publishing arm of ICE, is the only publisher that brings you direct access to ICE’s membership of 80,000.

Visibility – we also have thousands of readers who are not members of ICE, from corporations, to governments, to universities. Our journals are included in major engineering indexes and resources.

Quality – our journals’ reputation for quality is unsurpassed, ensuring that the originality, authority and accuracy of your work will be fully recognised.

Support – if your paper is accepted, you will have a dedicated editorial contact who will handle all of your enquiries and provide you with guidance on writing your paper.

Marketing – our marketing team has extensive experience of working with author and librarian communities to make sure your work is seen by people who matter, including top academics, industry leaders, companies and institutions.

Environmental Geotechnics THEMED ISSUE

Champion: Brina M. Montoya

Call for PapersThe bio–geo interface

A themed issue of Environmental Geotechnics on the bio–geo interface is planned for 2016.Biological processes are prevalent through the geo-environment, and interdisciplinary investigations have indicated that these processes can lead to changed properties and behaviour of the geomaterial. Harnessing the bio–geo processes and treating the geo-environment as a holistic, living system can enhance the sustainability of subsurface characterisation techniques, soil remediation, soil improvement and hazard mitigation. These approaches have led to innovations in the fields of bio-mediated soil improvement and bio-remediation.

Examples of relevant subjects include: stimulation of native bacteria for bio-mediated soil improvement, bio–hydro–mechanical modelling (experimental and numerical) for bio-treated or bio-remediated soils, biologically aided carbon sequestration, hazard-induced deformation mitigation using biological processes, bio-mediated improvement of unsaturated soil, bio-treatment of waste materials, upscaling bio-mediated soil improvement from laboratory to field, and process monitoring techniques for soil remediation and soil improvement.

This issue will concentrate on geotechnical engineering topics within the bio–geo interface, namely

bioactivities prevailing in geomaterials

influence of bioactivities on geomaterial properties

process monitoring characterisation tools

application of the bio–geo interface in addressing issues related to environmental impact on geotechnical practices, laboratory and field studies.

Engineering practitioners and researchers engaged in any of these general topics are invited to submit abstracts by 1 March 2015. Relevant papers outside the main themes outlined above will also be considered.

Environmental Geotechnics is a high-quality, internationally refereed journal, published six times a year. Full-length papers or shorter, less technical briefing articles on any topic within the journal’s aims and scope are always welcome.

Invitation to authorsTo submit an abstract or to request

further details and full journal guidelines, please contact

Alison McAnena T: +44 20 7665 2450; E: a.mcanena@icepublishing.com

For more information about the journal, visit: www.icevirtuallibrary.com

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