Eco-efficient Materials for Reducing Cooling Needs in Buildings and Construction: Design, Properties and Applications

Eco-efficient Materials for Reducing Cooling Needs in Buildings and Construction: Design, Properties and Applications, provides a comprehensive review on building envelope materials and technologies for reducing cooling needs in buildings. The chapters give an in-depth analysis of the performances of new innovative materials and technologies used in pavements, façade and roofing materials, PCMs and Chromogenic smart materials with practical case study examples of their applications in building and construction. The book will be an essential reference resource for researchers, architects and civil engineers, city planners and product developers and manufacturers and other professional working in Eco-efficient cooling materials and sustainable and zero energy building design. A comprehensive review of building envelope materials and technologies for reducing cooling needs in buildingsFeatures practical case studies, which are fundamental for building design and applicationsDiscusses in depth analysis of performances for different materials and technologiesFeatures brand new chapters on pavements, façade and roofing materials, PCMs and Chromogenic smart materials INDICE: 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 on the performance of thermochromic glazing 18. Performance of thermochromic windows

• ISBN: 978-0-12-820791-8
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 810
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés