This review aims to comprehensively consolidate the knowledge and understanding of the
development of thermal insulation materials for buildings using lignocellulosic waste …

Residential buildings significantly impact global energy consumption. Appropriate
residential façade designs can considerably reduce energy consumption in maintaining …

The development of smart cities has led to transforming modern city operations by applying
emerging technologies from the fourth industrial revolution such as the Internet of Things …

Enclosed airspaces to reduce heat flow have been recognized for well over 100 years.
Airspaces with one or more reflective surfaces define reflective insulation (RI) assemblies, a …

Many parts of the building components such as walls, and flat and sloped roofs contain
enclosed airspaces. In addition, the Insulating Glass Units (IGUs) in fenestration systems …

Cool/white roofing systems use paints and membranes with high solar reflectivity to reflect a
portion of the incident solar radiation resulting in lowering the temperature of the exterior …

This chapter discusses the history of major and most common types of building thermal
insulation, which is probably as long as human civilization. Different types of thermal …

Energy efficiency in buildings has become a major challenge in both science and industry. It
is driven by the urgent need to strongly reduce the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse …

Assessing the energy performance of building components with enclosed airspaces
requires accurate determination of the thermal resistance (R-value) of the airspaces. The R …

The thermal resistances (R-values) of airspaces depends on the emittance of all surfaces
around an airspace, dimensions, heat-flow direction, and the temperatures of the bounding …