Energy performance of building envelopes integrated with phase change materials for cooling load reduction in tropical Singapore

Applied Energy

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 207-217

  Lei, Jiawei ^a   Yang, Jinglei ^b   Yang, En Hua ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Cooling load reduction; Phase change material (PCM); Space cooling; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMOELECTRICITY; TROPICS;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; COOLING LOAD; ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; NARROW TEMPERATURE RANGES; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; SPACE COOLING; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

BUILDING; COOLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84945138847     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.031     Document Type: Article

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