The major contemporary in road pavement engineering is related to the creation of green
and sustainable infrastructures, eg, reduction of environmental impacts, increase in traffic …

Applications of phase change materials (PCMs) have become of great interest in recent
years owing to beneficial effects on the thermal, mechanical and durability properties of …

Incorporating phase change materials (PCMs) into cementitious composites has recently
attracted paramount interest. While it can enhance thermal characteristics and energy …

Energy efficiency improvement techniques for buildings are among the fundamental
challenges to sustainable buildings. PCMs incorporation in mortar is one of the efficient …

The abundance of waste plastic is a major issue for the sustainability of the environment as
plastic pollutes rivers, land, and oceans. However, the versatile behavior of plastic (it is …

Thermal energy storage in building envelopes is critical to promoting renewable energy,
implementation of which requires thermal performance enhancement of construction …

Phase change materials (PCMs) have been widely used in building applications as a
thermal storage medium for passive thermal regulation and for increasing the efficiency of …

The construction industry is responsible for consuming large amounts of energy. The
development of new materials with the purpose of increasing the thermal efficiency of …

The increased energy consumption for specific applications, including heating, cooling, air
conditioning and lighting of residential and commercial buildings accelerate the research …

Cracking is a common problem in concrete structures in real-life service conditions. In fact,
crack-free concrete structures are very rare to find in real world. Concrete can undergo early …