This study reviews water-based wall systems for space heating and cooling and thermal
barriers (TB) for the reduction of buildings' thermal load. The review gives a general …

Radiant cooling is a promising thermal control technology for built environment.
Unfortunately, condensation limits the potential of radiant cooling. Recently, numerous …

Indoor thermal comfort level not only affects the indoor thermal environment but also affects
building energy consumption. Generally speaking, the higher the thermal comfort of the …

As a result of increasing environmental and economic concerns, the demand for more
efficient energetic systems has augmented, leading to a greater focus on investigating new …

Radiation floor cooling systems (RFCSs) have no dehumidification capability and must be
used with air handler systems. During summer, the shallow geothermal energy temperature …

As a burgeoning active thermal insulation technique, the pipe-embedded building system
has attracted particular attention from architects and engineers. A novel pipe-embedded …

The application of radiant heating and cooling systems in building retrofit could facilitate the
use of renewable energy sources in existing buildings. This research focused on adapting …

Radiant cooling (RC) systems are increasingly implemented in public buildings to enhance
human thermal comfort and reduce building energy consumption. The quality of the indoor …

The hydronic thermal barrier (HTB) makes the building envelope gradually regarded as a
multi-functional element, which is an opportunity to transform thermal insulation solutions …

Radiant wall applications have been favored compared to floor and ceiling ones owing to
their advantages. In the current work, the heat transfer characteristics of a radiant cooled …