Advances in the building materials for thermal comfort and energy saving

Recent Patents on Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-232

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Singh, O P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MANDI   (India)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Building materials; Energy efficiency; Insulation materials; Latent heat storage; Phase change materials (PCMs); Thermal comfort; Thermophysical properties

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; INSULATION MATERIALS; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; THERMAL BARRIER MATERIALS; THERMOCHROMIC MATERIALS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHROMOGENICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84890900230     PISSN: 18722121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/18722121113076660005     Document Type: Review

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