Aspects regarding the integration of phase change materials in buildings

Abstract

This paper aims to provide an overview of the technologies for the use and implementation of PCM (phase change materials), in order to identify possible applications in energy efficiency and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from buildings, while addressing the same time new and existing buildings, while achieving a balance between the technical proposal and the basic. The integration of renewable sources of energy, correlated with the implementation and integration of phase change materials into buildings, offers the possibility to achieve the reduction of energy dependency, by using the latent heat storage to increase the thermal inertia without significantly increasing the weight of the building and structure.