The achievement of European climate energy objectives which are contained in the
European Union's (EU)“20–20–20 ″targets and in the European Commission's (EC) …

Industry is one of the leading energy consumers with a global share of 37%. Fossil fuels are
used to meet more then 80% of this demand. The sun's heat can be exploited in most …

In recent years, there have been extensive focus on using agricultural waste in construction
and building materials as substitution alternatives for cement, fine aggregate and coarse …

Despite more than a century of research, drying shrinkage still causes unwanted stresses
and cracks in our concrete infrastructures. This is partly due to the lack of understanding of …

With the rapid development of information technology, the concept of e-commerce has
entered thousands of households, especially since the outbreak of COVID-19, fresh …

Thermal energy storage plays a vital role to solve the problems related to the intermittent
nature of solar energy. Phase change materials (PCMs) have shown promising applications …

Long-term thermochemical and sorption heat storage processes for household applications
are struggling to fulfill promises, probably because of an initial misunderstanding about the …

In this work, we evaluate 454 salt hydrates and 1073 unique hydration reactions in search of
suitable materials for domestic heat storage. The salts and reactions are evaluated based on …

Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) shows great potential to be a candidate of ordinary
Portland cement (OPC) when considering the relative lower carbon emission of AAMs. In the …

This article aims at defining an effective global warming potential criterion for qualifying a
concrete mixture based on a CO 2 calculation and durability performance tests, as well as …