Building energy consumption is a vital component of the global energy mandate. A major
part of the building energy is consumed in providing thermal comfort to occupants. Passive …

A significant portion of the total primary energy is consumed by today's buildings in
developed countries. In many of these buildings, the energy consumption can be …

A major portion of the total primary energy consumed by today's buildings is used in heating,
ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC). Conventional heating and cooling systems are …

In order to improve the thermal comfort of the occupants within the buildings in summer and
winter climates, the current study thoroughly examines several designs using the Trombe …

Green building and sustainable architecture are new techniques for addressing the
environmental and energy crises. Trombe walls are regarded as a sustainable architectural …

Trombe walls are attracting considerable attention from researchers and engineers on
account of their potential ability for addressing environmental and energy crisis. However …

The switchable building envelope is an innovative technology for low-energy buildings that
can dynamically switch the thermal and optical properties for energy saving, thereby to …

Solar energy building applications are attracting increasing attention from researchers,
engineers, businessmen and officials due to their significant benefits in sustainable …

The proposed environment-interactive novel Trombe wall system was a passive building
envelope integrated with phase change material (PCM) based on traditional Trombe wall …

In antiquity, people already knew the principles of solar architecture, designing their houses
to the south to take advantage of the sun in all seasons. Today, solar architecture is …