Document Type
Article
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
2. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, 2.1 CIVIL ENGINEERING, Architecture engineering, Municipal and structural engineering, 2.7 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Abstract
Energy consumption trends in residential and commercial buildings show a significant increase in recent decades. One of the key points for reducing energy consumption in buildings is to decrease the energy demand. Buildings envelopes are not just a structure they also provide protection from outdoor weather conditions always taking into account the local climate. Thermal energy storage has been used and applied to the building structure by taking advantage of sensible heat storage of materials with high thermal mass. But in recent years, researchers have focused their studies on the implementation of latent heat storage materials that if well incorporated could have high potential in energy demand reduction without occupying the space required by sensible storage. The aim of this study is to review the thermal energy storage passive systems that have been integrated in building components such as walls, ceilings or floors, and to classify them depending on their component integration.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.06.064
Recommended Citation
Niall, D. et al. (2015) Thermal Energy Storage in Building Integrated Thermal Systems: A Review. Part 2. Integration as Passive System, Journal Renewable Energy, vol. 85, January 2016 pp. 1334-1356. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2015.06.064
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Architectural Engineering Commons, Civil Engineering Commons, Other Engineering Commons, Structural Engineering Commons
Publication Details
Renewable Energy, volume 85, January 2016 pp 1334-1356. Available online 13th July 2015
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