Increasing solar reflectivity of building envelope materials to mitigate urban heat islands: State-of-the-art review

B Ziaeemehr, Z Jandaghian, H Ge, M Lacasse… - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Urban Heat Island (UHI), a consequence of urban development, leads to elevated
temperatures within cities compared to their rural counterparts. This phenomenon results …

Analyzing Recent Active and Passive Cool Roofing Technology in Buildings, Including Challenges and Optimization Approaches

HM Ling, MC Yew, MK Yew, LH Saw - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating ambient temperatures are exacerbating indoor temperatures in every
building. Within each building, the roofing system functions as the primary heat absorber …

Progress on Natural and Sustainable Materials for Daytime Radiative Cooling

JP Bijarniya, S Tripathi, S Bauri, J Sarkar… - ACS Applied Optical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Daytime radiative cooling has gained recent momentum in the field of sustainable cooling
technology. Due to its passive nature, metamaterial development is a crucial requirement for …

A bioinspired hierarchical gradient structure to maximize resilience and enhanced cooling performance in polymeric radiative cooling coatings

AS Farooq, X Song, D Wei, L Liu, P Zhang - Materials Today Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the extensive advancements in recent years, polymeric daytime radiative cooling
(PDRC) coatings face certain challenges, encompassing restricted spectral performance …

Techno-economic analysis on prospects and implementation of employing radiative cooling technology across broader atmospheric conditions

AS Farooq, X Song, Z Wang, P Zhang - Energy for Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Achieving a transition to maximize the utilization of radiative cooling as a passive cooling
strategy is challenging for several regions worldwide, mainly due to unawareness, lack of …

Assessment of the thermal performance of a new insulation material based on date palm and cardboard: Experimental and numerical study

A Benallel, A Tilioua, M Dlimi - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The building sector offers significant potential for reducing consumption and emissions,
thanks in particular to the availability of numerous, varied and effective technical solutions …

Nonflammable superhydrophobic passive cooling Cellulose-CaCO3 film

CL Xu, C Yuan, Z Yang, X Xu, G Wang, Z Yang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy consumption from air cooling systems in summer, water scarcity in hot regions, and
the functional reusability of waste paper are emerging environmental problems. Finding …