Opportunities and challenges of PCM-to-air heat exchangers (PAHXs) for building free cooling applications—A comprehensive review

M Dardir, K Panchabikesan, F Haghighat… - Journal of Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
With high energy consumption trend in buildings, the adoption of thermal energy storage
systems toward reducing cooling load has been increased in recent years. Subsequently …

[LIBRO][B] A handbook on low-energy buildings and district-energy systems: fundamentals, techniques and examples

LDD Harvey - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
Winner of Choice Magazine-Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 Buildings account for
over one third of global energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions worldwide …

Building air tightness: research and practice

MH Sherman, WR Chan - Building Ventilation, 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
The invention of boilers and chillers made total indoor climate control technologically
possible regardless of outdoor conditions, building architecture and use. Buildings became …

A comparative study of traditional and contemporary building envelope construction techniques in terms of thermal comfort and energy efficiency in hot and humid …

P Lotfabadi, P Hançer - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Expectations of traditional and contemporary buildings are different in terms of thermal
comfort. Traditional buildings mostly achieve comfort through passive means, without HVAC …

A method for assessing buildings' energy efficiency by dynamic simulation and experimental activity

AL Pisello, M Goretti, F Cotana - Applied Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Buildings' thermal-energetic assessment and the relative proposal of new technical
solutions applied to both summer and winter analyses has a strategic role in increasing the …

Sustainability of shallow geothermal energy for building air-conditioning

A Aquino, F Scrucca, E Bonamente - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Geothermal heat pumps have a widespread diffusion as they are able to deliver relatively
higher energy output than other systems for building air-conditioning. The exploitation of low …

Potential for free-cooling by ventilation

C Ghiaus, F Allard - Solar Energy, 2006 - Elsevier
Natural ventilation is one of the most effective techniques for cooling. Its potential for cooling
may be assessed by using a method based on the indoor–outdoor temperature difference of …

Long term experimental evaluation of the influence of heat cost allocators on energy consumption in a multifamily building

T Cholewa, A Siuta-Olcha - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
The education of energy users is one of many possibilities to reduce the energy
consumption in existing multifamily buildings. Unfortunately, to the best authors' knowledge …

Network synergy effect: Establishing a synergy between building network and peer network energy conservation effects

X Xu, JE Taylor, AL Pisello - Energy and Buildings, 2014 - Elsevier
Researchers have demonstrated that network effects on energy consumption exist when
buildings are examined within physical networks (ie they exhibit an inter-building effect) and …

Degree-days for the exergy analysis of buildings

V Martinaitis, D Bieksa, V Miseviciute - Energy and buildings, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents the application of degree-days utilized for the exergy analysis of
buildings. The climate is observed as a basis for the exergy analysis of the energy usage of …