Supercooling is a natural phenomenon that keeps a phase change material (PCM) in its
liquid state at a temperature lower than its solidification temperature. In the field of thermal …

The increasing concerns about climate change and environmental emissions have led to
conservation of energy in buildings through the development of several energy-efficient …

Concretes with a high thermal energy storage capacity were fabricated by mixing
microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCM) into Portland cement concrete (PCC) …

The construction industry is responsible for consuming large amounts of energy. The
development of new materials with the purpose of increasing the thermal efficiency of …

The purpose of a phase change material (PCM) is to store/release energy during its
transition from solid to liquid state, being able to count on a range of melting/crystallization …

Phase change material (PCM) experiencing supercooling and phase change hysteresis are
widely reported in the literature. However, only few studies model analytically such PCM …

This paper proposes a methodology for improvement of energy efficiency in buildings
through the innovative simultaneous incorporation of three distinct phase change materials …

The improvement of the use of renewable energy sources, such as solar thermal energy,
and the reduction of energy demand during the several stages of buildings' life cycle is …

The aim of this work is to present the experimental performance of a latent heat thermal
energy storage. A demonstrator devoted to recover waste heat in food processing industry is …

The present work focuses on the development of façade elements for improvement of
energy efficiency in buildings. The proposed solution consists of new textile reinforced …