Maintaining healthy and comfortable indoors through passive ways is challenging due to the
changing and extreme climatic conditions. The aim of this work is to review the thermal …

In the context of global warming, Phase change materials (PCMs) arise a growing interest in
the scientific and industrial communities because it fits very well with the policy of reducing …

Phase change materials (PCMs) can be applied to several different solar energy systems for
the extended heat energy storage which is quite useful as the solar energy is intermittent in …

Integrating phase change material (PCM) into building envelopes significantly reduces
building energy consumption and improves indoor environment. Among different integration …

Thermal energy storage (TES) systems with phase change materials (PCMs) as a known
energy storage technology have a high potential for increasing the energy efficiency of …

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 …

Nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials have engrossed augmenting consideration
to remove the main limitation of PCMs in various industrial uses. Current article reports the …

Nowadays, debates addressing climate change, fossil fuels depletion and energy security
highlight the need for a more sustainable built environment in order to reduce energy …

Abstract the research of PCMs in the field of building energy efficiency has developed
rapidly over the past decade. The static PCM-built envelopes cannot flexibly adjust their heat …

Energy crisis and environmental problems motive a variety of research strategies to increase
energy efficiency, decrease stress on energy infrastructure, and consequently reduce CO 2 …