Energy in Construction and Building Materials

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: AHP; apparent calorific capacity method; bio-waste; building envelopes; butyl stearate; carbon fibres; cement-lime mortar; climatic conditions; climatic loads; coal bottom ash; compressive strength; conductive filler; conductivity; dielectric properties; differential scanning calorimetry; double skin; drying and wetting; electric properties; electrical conductive concrete; encapsulation; energy efficiency; energy saving with materials; energy storage; energy sustainability; enthalpy method; environmental profile; experimental characterization; extruded polystyrene; fatty acid; genetic algorithms; geopolymers; glass in building; graphene nanoplatelets; heat flux; heat loss in buildings; hemp–lime composite; hydrate salts; hygrothermal performance; IEA method; insulating glass units; iron (III) oxide; kinetic façade; kinetic model; latent enthalpy; latent heat thermal energy storage; LCA; lime mortar; low-energy buildings; material passport; Mathematics and Science; melting; melting temperature; meso-scale; moisture content; multifunctional composite; multilayered walls; n/a; natural fiber; non-linear optimization; optimization; paraffin; paraffin waxes; PCMs; phase change material; phase change materials (PCMs); Physics; Polyisocyanurate board; pyrolysis; rapeseed; reaction mechanism; recycled brick aggregates; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; specific energy absorption; Stefan Problem; sustainability; Taguchi method; thermal conductivity; thermal degradation; thermal diffusivity; thermal insulation; thermal performance; thermal storage; thermal transmittance; thermal-energy storage; thermal-energy storage (TES); ultrasonic velocity; un/steady conditions; unit weight; vapor permeability; VOC emission; woodchips; wooden façade
• ISBN: 3036564071; 9783036564067; 3036564063; 9783036564074
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-6406-7

This reprint collects works which stimulate and spread the latest knowledge on energy in construction and building materials, providing the basis for new ideas on various topics for young investigators as well as leading experts in the field of Materials Science and Engineering. The collection features fifteen research papers and one review study. The main research aim covers the topic of thermal energy storage in construction and building components.