Thermal energy savings in buildings with PCM-enhanced envelope: Influence of occupancy pattern and ventilation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-107

  Diaconu, Bogdan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Universitatea Constantin Brancusi din Targu Jiu   (Romania)

Author keywords

Energy savings; Latent heat storage; Occupancy pattern; Phase change materials; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; HEAT EXCHANGE; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPANCY PATTERN; PHASE CHANGE; RELATIVE VALUE; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; WALL SYSTEMS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUOYANCY; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; VENTILATION;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 78049486001     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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