Climate change along with our insatiable need for energy demand a paradigm shift towards
more rational and sustainable use of energy. To drive this transition, the deployment of …

Sharing of renewable energy and reduction of conventional energy consumption as an
attempt to ameliorate environmental issues such as global warming has become the main …

This paper is an updated, but totally new, version of “A review on phase change materials
(PCMs) integrated in building walls”, an article published in 2011 in Renewable and …

Advances in thermal energy storage techniques/methods, using Phase Change Material
(PCM), have gained much hype among researchers in the last decade. Thermal energy …

Reutilization of thermal energy according to building demands constitutes an important step
in a low carbon/green campaign. Phase change materials (PCMs) can address these …

Highlights•Combined natural ventilation systems in single building were
reviewed.•Advantages of combined natural ventilation systems were summarized.•Existing …

Researchers world-wide are investigating thermal energy storage, especially phase change
materials, for their substantial benefits in improving energy efficiency, sustaining thermal …

With the rapid development of integrated circuits, chips are gradually miniaturized, but the
number of transistors inside them increases exponentially, which increases the complexity …

Energy crises and environmental pollution are two of the cardinal obstacles that affect
human life today. As part of the efforts to address the excessive energy demands in the last …

Buildings are responsible for one-third of the world's energy consumption, of which 60% is
due to heating and cooling. To accomplish the low-carbon energy goal in the building …