Investigation of Phase Change Materials on Australian Residential Building Energy Efficiency
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This paper investigates the effectiveness of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in building envelopes on the energy efficiency of Australian residential buildings. Using DesignBuilder simulation, a representative Australian single storey residential house was modelled with different PCM application strategies under a range of Australian climates. In this case study, PCMs could achieve 2.3–16.3% annual electricity savings depending on types of PCMs and climates except in Australian Climate Zone 1 (Darwin). Simulation results also indicated that applying PCMs on external walls would improve energy efficiency performance more than applying them to the ceiling, and PCMs on longer solar exposed walls performed better than those applied on shorter solar exposed facades. It was also found that the energy efficiency performance would decrease when the PCM melting point was outside the thermostat range of the particular climate.
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| ID Code: | 243875 | ||||||
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| Item Type: | Chapter in Book, Report or Conference volume (Conference contribution) | ||||||
| Series Name: | Environmental Science and Engineering | ||||||
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| Measurements or Duration: | 11 pages | ||||||
| Keywords: | Building simulation, Energy efficiency, Phase change materials, Residential building | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_62 | ||||||
| ISBN: | 978-981-19-9821-8 | ||||||
| Pure ID: | 147708161 | ||||||
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Engineering Current > Schools > School of Architecture & Built Environment |
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| Copyright Owner: | 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. | ||||||
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| Deposited On: | 17 Oct 2023 00:05 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Feb 2024 15:37 |
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