The enhancement of energy performance of buildings has become a pillar of energy
policies. The main target is the cut of energy consumption to reduce buildings footprint. This …

Researchers world-wide are investigating thermal energy storage, especially phase change
materials, for their substantial benefits in improving energy efficiency, sustaining thermal …

Energy crises and environmental pollution are two of the cardinal obstacles that affect
human life today. As part of the efforts to address the excessive energy demands in the last …

Glazing units are important for providing passive solar gain and air ventilation in buildings,
but their thermal performance is very poor compared to other building components, which …

In the past several decades, many literatures have emerged on the topic of phase change
material and latent heat storage techniques used in building. Accordingly, it is essential to …

Based on classical Trombe wall, a novel Trombe wall with double layers shape-stabilized
phase change materials (PCMs) panel was proposed. The performance of Trombe wall …

Solar energy building applications are attracting increasing attention from researchers,
engineers, businessmen and officials due to their significant benefits in sustainable …

Glazed roofs are increasingly used in modern buildings. Integrating multiple-glazing
envelope with PCM as a passive solar utilization system can reduce energy consumption of …

The proposed environment-interactive novel Trombe wall system was a passive building
envelope integrated with phase change material (PCM) based on traditional Trombe wall …

Latent energy storage with PCMs integrated buildings application is facing an increasing
interest. The charging and discharging processes during phase change and heat transfer …