Controlling radiative heat flows in interior spaces to improve heating and cooling efficiency

Summary: Heating and cooling in buildings account for nearly 20% of energy use globally. The goal of heating and cooling systems is to maintain the thermal comfort of a building's human occupants, typically by keeping the interior air temperature at a setpoint. However, if one could maintain th...

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Main Authors: Jin Xu, Aaswath P. Raman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221007938