Phase Change Materials for Reducing Cooling Energy Demand and Improving Indoor Comfort: A Step-by-Step Retrofit of a Mediterranean Educational Building

The present work concerns the energy retrofit of a public educational building at the University of Molise, located in Termoli, South Italy. The study provides a comparison of the results obtained by different dynamic simulations of passive strategies to improve thermal comfort and energy behavior o...

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Main Authors: Fabrizio Ascione, Nicola Bianco, Rosa Francesca De Masi, Margherita Mastellone, Giuseppe Peter Vanoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/19/3661