Eco-efficient materials for reducing cooling needs in buildings and construction : design, properties and applications /: design, properties and applications. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Lech Czarnecki, Anna Laura Pisello, Luisa F. Cabeza, Claes Goran-Granqvist.
• Editors: Pacheco-Torgal, Fernando; Czarnecki, Lech; Pisello, Anna Laura; Cabeza, Luisa F, 1967-; Goran-Granqvist, Claes
• Contents: 1. Introduction PART I. PAVEMENTS FOR MITIGATING URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS 2. High albedo Pavements 3. Performance of thermochromic asphalt 4. Pavements withn PCMs PART II. FACADE MATERIALS FOR REDUCING COOLING NEEDS 5. Quantitative approximation of shading-induced cooling by climber green wall based on multiple-iterative radiation pathways 6. Experimental study on geometric configuration and evaporative cooling potential of brick elements 7. A geothermal and an evaporative system for building walls 8. Cooling techniques in reducing overheating of clay-straw building in semi-arid climate 9. Multi-layer glass and BIPV facade structures PART III. ROOFING MATERIALS FOR REDUCING COOLING NEEDS 10. Green roofs as passive system to moderate buildings cooling requirements and UHI effects: assessments by means of experimental data 11. Thermal evaluation of building roofs with conventional and reflective coatings 12. Active and passive systems for cool roofs PART IV. PCMS AND SWITCHABLE GLAZING BASED MATERIALS FOR REDUCING COOLING NEEDS 13. Bio based PCMs for reducing cooling needs 14. Performance of bricks with PCMs in India 15. Influence of novel PCMs based strategies on building cooling 16. Optically smart thin material for building cooling 17. An overview of the performance of thermochromic glazing 18. Performance of thermochromic windows
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Woodhead Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 697.92; Ventilation; Cooling
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128209431
• Related ISBNs: 9780128207918
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