Review of water-based wall systems: Heating, cooling, and thermal barriers

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26110%2F21%3APU141734" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26110/21:PU141734 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037877882100760X?dgcid=author" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037877882100760X?dgcid=author</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111476" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111476</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Review of water-based wall systems: Heating, cooling, and thermal barriers

Original language description

This study reviews water-based wall systems for space heating and cooling and thermal barriers (TB) for the reduction of buildings’ thermal load. The review gives a general overview of the research and groups it into subtopics that are discussed in detail. For space heating and cooling, the subtopics entail thermal performance, thermal comfort, renewable energy sources, use for building retrofit, and combination with phase change materials (PCM). For TB, especially the working principle, types and designs, and performance are discussed. A classification system is proposed separately for wall heating and cooling systems and TB based on the designs found in scientific literature. Benefits and drawbacks are summarized, and design recommendations are provided for the wall systems. It was shown that in certain cases, radiant wall systems can be preferable to radiant floors and ceilings, but further comparisons would be useful to provide conclusive evidence. For TB, the studies uniformly declare that TB reduce buildings’ thermal loads and energy demands. Few studies focused on the economic and environmental aspects of using TB. Most of the studies about TB are based on calculations. Measurements to quantify the benefits of TB under real operation and refine the conditions under which various types of TB are feasible are lacking. Enhancing the wall performance by PCM in the active layer, application of the wall systems in building retrofit, and alternating between the functions of heating, cooling, and TB present the biggest research opportunities and challenges.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA20-00630S" target="_blank" >GA20-00630S: Climate responsive components integrated in energy and environmentally efficient building envelope</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

ISSN

0378-7788

e-ISSN

1872-6178

Volume of the periodical

253

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

31

Pages from-to

1-31

UT code for WoS article

000706262800004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85116063079