PREFACE

We are honored to bring you this collection of articles from the 2020 10^th International Conference on Future Environment and Energy (ICFEE 2020) which was held in Kyoto, Japan from January 7 to 9, 2020. ICFEE 2020 is dedicated to issues related to Future Environment and Energy.

The primary focus of the conference is to bring together academic scientists, engineers, and industry researchers to share their experiences and research results, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. The ICFEE 2020 served as a good platform for the scientific community where more than 100 participants met, exchanged ideas and research results, and examined the way forward regarding future environment and energy.

ICFEE 2020 Conference Chair Prof. Kondo Akira Osaka University, Japan did the Opening Remarks and delivers his keynote speeches titled "Evaluation on current and future air quality in Continental Southeast Asia by using WRF/CMAQ"; also there were two other Keynote Speeches. They are Prof. Jae K. Park from University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) presented Keynote Speech titled "Innovative Upcycling of Scrap Tires for Pollutant Abatement" on 8^th January. This was followed by Keynote Speaker Prof. Rodney Stewart, form Griffith University, Queensland, Australia who spoke on "Role of Intelligent Sensor Networks and Big Data Informatics for Managing Urban Water and Energy Resources". All the three keynote speakers focused on the latest information and most innovative developments in their respective expertise areas on future environment and energy. For the conference proper, there were nine sub-sessions and one poster session with various interesting topics as follows: Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, Atmospheric Monitoring and Water Quality Analysis, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Building Energy Efficiency and Energy Management, Life Cycle Analysis of Photovoltaic Solar Panels, Combustion Science and Power Engineering, Urban Engineering and Transportation Engineering, Battery Technology and Photovoltaic System Optimization, Geological and Civil Engineering.

ICFEE 2020 was indeed a golden opportunity for academics, students, researchers and engineers to interact with the experts and specialists to get their advice or consultation on state-of-the-art developments in future environment and energy, technical matters, as well as research methodologies and innovative strategies in the field of environmental and energy management. On the third day of the conference, we had a one-day visit in Kyoto city.

This proceeding presents a selection from papers submitted to the conference from participants from universities, research institutes and industry. All papers were subjected to peer-review by conference committee members and international reviewers. The papers selected were based on their quality and their relevancy to the

conference. The volume tends to present to the readers the recent advances in the field of Future Environment and Energy and various related areas, such as Energy and Environment, Renewable Energy, Advanced Energy Technologies, Fuels and Combustion, Benefits of the Conference, etc.

Finally, it is appropriate that we record our thanks to our organizing committees and reviewers for their work in securing a substantial input of papers from 15 countries and in encouraging participation from those areas. We are also indebted to those who served as Keynote Speakers, Conference Chairmen and Session Chairmen. Without their support, the conference could not have been as successful as it was. We also acknowledge the authors who have contributed to this volume, without whose expert inputs, this compilation of proceedings would not have been possible. We would like to thank all the conference participants for their support to ICFEE 2020.

Prof. Kondo Akira Osaka University, Japan April 23, 2020