Phase Change Material (PCM) Technologies for Zero Energy Buildings

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, Phase Change Materials, due to their characteristic high latent heat, have been increasingly used by researchers in various sectors. Predominantly, this special technology has seen its most important applications in the cooling of electronic equipment, in thermal storage, in increasing the efficiency for the exploitation of renewable energies, and in increasing the energy performance of the building envelope. Studies have been developed both with numerical methods and experimentally. This Special Issue, to which specialists are strongly encouraged to contribute by publishing the results of recent research, aims to highlight the most advanced applications of PCM in buildings in order for them to increasingly perform as nearly zero-energy buildings. Authors are asked to submit papers showing the results of original PCM applications to all possible components of the building, both of the building structures and of the technological systems, and of everything that in any case makes the building system work from an energy point of view. Experimental analyses that can validate theoretical data resulting from numerical simulations of the energy behavior of building subsystems and components of technical systems for the building will be welcome with the aim of highlighting all the possible applications of PCMs to reduce energy consumption and decrease the impact of the building on the environment. Success for this Special Issue will be possible if the work of colleagues can be directed to the increase of knowledge in this specific sector, and in the field of the investigation methods used. Additionally, it is important to demonstrate the most original applications of PCMs to the building sector, which will indicate the most ambitious research objectives in this field.

Prof. Dr. Paolo Principi
Guest Editor

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