INTEGRATION OF THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE IN BUILDINGS
The diurnal changes in temperature and solar radiation pose challenges for maintaining thermal comfort for people in buildings. Passive and energy-conserving buildings seek to manage the available thermal energy in order to maintain conditions for human comfort. Heat storage strategies can be integrated in the building components as a strategy to reduce building energy consumption in hot climates.
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9 年Protection from the climate conditions in order to create a comfortable indoor environment is primarily a task of the building envelope. Thermal storage in a building may be decisive for the reduction of cooling loads and the reduction of temperature increases.