Personal thermal management (PTM) technologies, which establish local thermal envelope
around human body instead of cooling/heating the entire building space, have great …

Phase change materials (PCMs) show promise for thermal energy storage (TES) owing to
their substantial latent heat during phase transition. However, the power density and overall …

Elastocaloric cooling using shape memory alloys is a promising candidate for next-
generation environmentally friendly refrigeration. The temperature lift (T lift), that is, the …

The increasing need to cool the air in our built environment is both a cause and an effect of
climate change. Air conditioning accounts for a large portion of global greenhouse gas …

The low thermal conductivity and liquid melt leakage of phase change materials are long‐
standing bottlenecks for efficient and safe thermal energy harvesting. Although high thermal …

Phase change materials (PCM) are largely assessed on their ability towards energy storage
and their enthalpy efficiency of discharging the stored energy. Nevertheless, their …

Harvesting cold energy from the universe by radiative cooling (RC) is a promising zero‐
carbon route for green cooling. However, low power density and spatiotemporal energy …

Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC), as a strategy to dissipate heat through an
atmospheric transparency window (ATW) to outer space without any extra energy …

Sorption‐based moisture management and evaporative cooling represent emerging
technologies with substantial potential for energy‐saving personal thermal management …

Energy demand flexibility from commercial buildings can play a critical role in the ongoing
energy transition. There is an urgent need to redirect more research and deployment efforts …