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Cost analysis of simple phase change material-enhanced building envelopes in Southern U.S. climates
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Cost analysis of simple phase change material-enhanced building envelopes in Southern U.S. climates [electronic resource] / prepared by Jan Kośny, Nitin Shukla, and Ali Fallahi, Fraunhofer CSE.
Published
Golden, CO : U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, 2013.
Physical Description
Electronic data (1 PDF file : 2.0 Mb).
1 online resource (x, 63 p.) : col. ill.
Notes
Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 19, 2013).
"Prepared for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy."
"January 2013."
"NREL Technical Monitor: Chuck Booten."
"DOE/GO-102013-3692"--P. [74].
Summary
Traditional thermal designs of building envelope assemblies are based on static energy flows, yet building envelopes are subject to varying environmental conditions. This mismatch between the steady-state principles and their dynamic operation can decrease thermal efficiency. Design work supporting the development of low-energy houses showed that conventional insulations may not always be the most cost effective solution to improvement envelope thermal performance. PCM-enhanced building envelopes that simultaneously reduce the total cooling loads and shift the peak-hour loads are the focus of this report.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-63).
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