Energy and thermal performance analysis of PCM-incorporated glazing units combined with passive and active techniques: a review study

H Arasteh, W Maref, HH Saber - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The building envelope provides thermal comfort, an excellent visual view, and sunlight for
the occupants. It consists of two parts:(i) an opaque (non-transparent) part (eg, walls and …

[HTML][HTML] Building envelope-enhanced phase change material and night ventilation: Effect of window orientation and window-to-wall ratio on indoor temperature

Q Al-Yasiri, M Alktranee, M Szabó, M Arıcı - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Integrating phase change material (PCM) and natural night ventilation (NNV) has notably
improved building indoor thermal comfort in hot locations. The current study investigates the …

Experimental characterization of reflective coating material for cool roofs in hot, humid and dusty climate

HH Saber - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Considerable energy is used for cooling buildings in hot climates like those found in Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Designing building envelopes for the purpose of …

Review of white roofing materials and emerging economies with focus on energy performance cost-benefit, maintenance, and consumer indifference

FA Fayad, W Maref, MM Awad - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article performed a comprehensive review of the different state-of-the-art of roofing
technologies and roofing materials and their impact on the urban heat island (UHI) and …

Hygrothermal performance of cool roofs with reflective coating material subjected to hot, humid and dusty climate

HH Saber - Journal of Building Physics, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The measurements for the short-wave solar reflectivity of a Reflective Coating Material
(RCM) with various cleaning operations that were obtained in a previous study were used in …

Long-term energy and moisture performance of reflective and non-reflective roofing systems with and without phase change materials under Kuwaiti climates

AE Hajiah, HH Saber - Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, 2020 - Springer
Numerical simulations are conducted in this paper to investigate the hygrothermal
performance of white and black roofing systems with and without Phase Change Materials …

Impact of reflective roofs on the overall energy savings of whole buildings

HH Saber, AE Hajiah, W Maref - E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 - e3s-conferences.org
Many previous studies by the authors of this paper and others have shown that installing
white/reflective/cool roofing systems resulted in energy savings. The amount of energy …

[PDF][PDF] Review of White Roofing Materials and Emerging Economies with Focus on Energy Performance Cost-Benefit, Maintenance, and Consumer Indifference …

FA Fadye, W Maref, MM Awad - 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
This article performed a comprehensive review of the different state-of-the-art of roofing
technologies and roofing materials and their impact on the urban heat island (UHI) and …