Since the buildings' heating and cooling needs are always growing during the cold and
warm months, respectively, the buildings' energy consumption has dramatically shot up. So …

Thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) offers a high thermal storage
density with a moderate temperature variation, and has attracted growing attention due to its …

Cooling demand in the building sector is growing rapidly; thermal energy storage systems
using phase change materials (PCM) can be a very useful way to improve the building …

Nowadays, the energy efficiency of buildings is one of the biggest preoccupations, due to
the high negative impacts in the environment, economy and society. The utilization of phase …

This paper aims to explore how and where phase change materials (PCMs) are used in
passive latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems, and to present an overview of …

Thermal energy storage (TES) is a technology with a high potential for different thermal
applications. It is well known that TES could be the most appropriate way and method to …

With the global increase in population and temperature, cooling demand has increased
tremendously in the building sector, especially in the GCC and African and South Asian …

Phase change materials (PCMs) based thermal energy storage (TES) has proved to have
great potential in various energy-related applications. The high energy storage density …

It is well known that there is a need to develop technologies to achieve thermal comfort in
buildings lowering the cooling and heating demand. Research has shown that thermal …

The present paper is the first comprehensive review of the integration of phase change
materials in building walls. Many considerations are discussed in this paper including …