Recent advances in green industrial networking [Guest Editorial]

The articles in this special section focus on green industrial networking. Due to the explosive increase in energy usage, it is essential that governmental and industrial institutions address this problem. Therefore, the development of green and low-carbon economy has recently become a hot issue in the industry. It is envisioned in such cases to meet the growing demands for industrial networking with limited resources. This is considered one of the challenges that needs to be addressed. Addressing such key problems will hopefully allow us to reach the realization of sustainable development. We believe that network technologies will be critical and will greatly contribute to achieving large-scale energy savings in all areas of industrial production. In addition, the role of green industrial networking technologies includes not only emission reduction and energy savings in products and services, but also enabling low-carbon emissions in other industries. To meet the requirement of low-carbon economic development, it is necessary to reduce the energy consumption of industrial networking. The need for green industrial networking technologies has been recognized as a challenge during the last few years by our research communities. However, many issues still remain to be addressed.