The journal retracts the article titled, “Thermoenergetic Performance of Phase Change Materials in Building Envelopes under Future Climate Scenarios” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the publisher’s attention regarding an overlap with a graduation thesis [2] and unpublished material produced by a different authorship group.
Adhering to our complaint’s procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board which confirmed the presence of extensive overlaps with the above-mentioned sources. As a result, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this article as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied Sciences. All authors agreed to this retraction.
References
- Bodarya, K.; Kaushal, V. RETRACTED: Thermoenergetic Performance of Phase Change Materials in Building Envelopes Under Future Climate Scenario. Appl. Sci. 2025, 15, 1562. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Filippini, L.O. Thermoenergetic Performance of a Building with Phase Change Materials under Climate Change Projections. Bachelor’s Thesis, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 19 April 2023. Available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/258935 (accessed on 5 May 2025).
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