Life Cycle Assessment of the inclusion of phase change materials (PCM) in experimental buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1517-1523

  De Gracia, Alvaro ^a   Rincón, Lídia ^a   Castell, Albert ^a   Jiménez, Melanie ^b   Boer, Dieter ^b   Medrano, Marc ^a   Cabeza, Luisa F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buildings; EI99; Energy efficiency; LCA; PCM; TES

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; PULSE CODE MODULATION; TELLURIUM;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; CRITICAL ISSUES; EI99; EXPERIMENTAL BUILDINGS; GLOBAL IMPACTS; HEAT PUMPS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 78651454787     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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