Energy, economic and environmental benefits of integrating passive design strategies into buildings: A review

Y Elaouzy, A El Fadar - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Passive design has recently received increasing attention as an option to reduce energy
consumption, abate carbon footprint and alleviate energy bills of buildings by taking …

Traditional, state-of-the-art and renewable thermal building insulation materials: An overview

B Abu-Jdayil, AH Mourad, W Hittini, M Hassan… - … and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy saving has become a strategic goal in the whole world, that will lead to protect the
environment and conserve natural resources. The energy consumption in buildings for …

A scalable high-porosity wood for sound absorption and thermal insulation

X Zhao, Y Liu, L Zhao, A Yazdkhasti, Y Mao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The search for more-sustainable materials has motivated research on lightweight, porous
structures for thermal insulation and noise reduction, such as for construction and cold-chain …

A review of performance of zero energy buildings and energy efficiency solutions

L Belussi, B Barozzi, A Bellazzi, L Danza… - Journal of building …, 2019 - Elsevier
The enhancement of energy performance of buildings has become a pillar of energy
policies. The main target is the cut of energy consumption to reduce buildings footprint. This …

A review and evaluation of thermal insulation materials and methods for thermal energy storage systems

W Villasmil, LJ Fischer, J Worlitschek - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
As thermal energy storage (TES) technologies gain more significance in the global energy
market, there is an increasing demand to improve their energy efficiency and, more …

Phase change materials and products for building applications: A state-of-the-art review and future research opportunities

SE Kalnæs, BP Jelle - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) have received considerable attention over the last decade
for use in latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) systems. PCMs give the ability to store passive …

Infrared thermography (IRT) applications for building diagnostics: A review

A Kylili, PA Fokaides, P Christou, SA Kalogirou - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Infrared thermography (IRT) has met an extensive popularity among the non-destructive
technologies for building diagnostics, especially with the increasing concerns of energy …

Research progress of cold chain transport technology for storage fruits and vegetables

T Qi, J Ji, X Zhang, L Liu, X Xu, K Ma, Y Gao - Journal of energy storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have become a research hotspot in the field of energy
storage due to their high energy storage density. Fruits and vegetables have the …

A review of the state-of-the-art on thermal insulation performance of polymeric foams

R Hasanzadeh, T Azdast, PC Lee, CB Park - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Achieving the global energy sustainability plays a key role in the energy fields. Thermal
insulation materials play a vital role on this sustainability. There are different potential …

Review of precast concrete sandwich panels and their innovations

R O'Hegarty, O Kinnane - Construction and building materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Precast concrete cladding is experiencing a resurgence in popularity as a means of building
cladding. Precast concrete sandwich panels are a specific type of precast cladding …