Thermally adaptive walls for buildings applications: A state of the art review

Y Zhang, G Ma, G Wu, S Liu, L Gao - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability of the walls to adapt to climate change is the key to developing nearly-zero
energy buildings. The concept of thermally adaptive walls is that the thermal performance of …

Thermal performance evaluation and optimal design of building roof with outer-layer shape-stabilized PCM

J Yu, Q Yang, H Ye, Y Luo, J Huang, X Xu, W Gang… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Roof with outer-layer shape-stabilized phase change material (RSPCM) is a building
construction that incorporates shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) into the out …

Evaluation of the thermal performance parameters of an outside wall made from lignocellulosic sand concrete and barley straws in hot and dry climatic zones

B Belhadj, M Bederina, RM Dheilly… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study is a continuation of a previous work undertaken on the development of a sand
concrete lightened by lignocellulosic materials (wood shavings and barley straws), which is …

New method of equivalent energy consumption for evaluating thermal performance of energy-saving materials in passive buildings

B Xu, X Xie, G Pei - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
To simplify the evaluation of the energy-saving performance of materials in passive
buildings, a new method of equivalent energy consumption is proposed. The principle is to …

Performance analysis of a purified Trombe wall with ventilation blinds based on photo-thermal driven purification

B Yu, N Li, J Ji - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This article proposes a year-round purified Trombe wall with ventilation blinds based on
solar photo-thermal driven purification that realizes formaldehyde degradation in whole …

Thermal and electrical behavior of built-middle photovoltaic integrated Trombe wall: Experimental and numerical study

Y Lin, J Ji, X Lu, K Luo, F Zhou, Y Ma - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study proposed a new system with the photovoltaic (PV) panel installed in the middle of
channel of the Trombe wall (TW) system, called as built-middle photovoltaic integrated …

Design optimization of multi-functional building envelope for thermal insulation and exhaust air heat recovery in different climates

C Zhang, F Xiao, J Wang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Exhaust air insulation wall (EAIW) utilizes the exfiltration process of low-grade exhaust air
within porous material to improve the thermal insulation of wall. Previous studies tend to …

Experimental validation of a numerical model of a ventilated façade with horizontal and vertical open joints

MN Sánchez, E Giancola, E Blanco, S Soutullo… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Commercial and residential building is one of the four major final energy consumption and
end-use sectors. In this sector, cooling loads represent an important part of the energy …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionary integrated cool roofing technologies system for attic temperature reduction in buildings

ML Ho, MC Yew, MK Yew, LH Saw, WH Yeo… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cooling load is the most prominent building energy consumption. The roof's poor
thermal resistance effect causes buildings in the tropical climate to receive high solar heat …

Modelling, experimental test, and design of an active air permeable wall by utilizing the low-grade exhaust air

C Zhang, W Gang, X Xu, L Li, J Wang - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The exhaust air insulation (EAI) wall is a novel type of air permeable wall that is
characterized by a permeable porous layer. Such a wall design provides a solution to …