The energy consumption in buildings accounts for a significant proportion of total energy
and carbon emissions over the world. To reduce the building energy consumption and …

Ground source heat pump (GSHP) is widely studied for building energy efficiency but suffers
from soil thermal imbalance and performance deterioration in heating-dominant regions …

The objective of this paper is to introduce geothermal energy resources, utilization,
development roadmap, and government support in China. Over the last 20 years, China was …

Decreasing the energy consumption of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
systems is becoming increasingly important due to rising cost of fossil fuels and …

Heat pump systems offer economical alternatives of recovering heat from different sources
for use in various industrial, commercial and residential applications. As the cost of energy …

An easy read, balancing the pros and cons, this book surveys the energy issue from a broad
scientific perspective while considering environmental, economic, and social factors. It …

Ground-coupled heat pumps are widely applied in cold regions, but soil thermal imbalances
in some projects greatly deteriorate the systems' practical performances and heavily inhibit …

This paper summarizes the development of the Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) system
in China during the period from 1989 to 2021. A statistical analysis shows the Ground …

With the attractive advantages of high efficiency and environmental friendliness, the ground-
coupled heat pump system (GCHPs) has been widely applied in various buildings around …

A number of seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) systems have been deployed for
heating in cold climate zones due to potential utilisation of solar energy. It overcomes the …