• Air exchange in the office room with a double-skin BIPV façade
• Temperature stabilization of fresh air from the façade cavity by PCM in ventilation units
• Performance evaluation of using integrated ventilation units with PCM

Jakub Curpek, Faculty of Civil Engineering STU in Bratislava, Slovakia

• Single-objective optimization method
• Savings in heating and cooling

Alvaro de Gracia, University Rovira i Virgili, Spain

• Novel four-pane PCM window system
• Measurement of the window panel in the climatic chamber

Martin Zalesak, Tomas Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic

• Thermal Energy Storage systems
• Overall characterization of the materials
• PCM-added mortars for thermally activated prefabricated façade elements

Lorenzo Olivieri, Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja, Spain

• Potential thermal regulation of indoor temperature using PCM
• Evaluation of thermal transmittance using thermal flux meter method
• Performance assessment tool

Romeu Vicente, Dep. of Civil Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal

• Thermal energy storage capacity of geopolymer concrete
• Effect of microencapsulated PCM on properties of geopolymer concrete

Vinh Duy Cao, Østfold University College, Norway

• PCM temperature-enthalpy profiles for melting and freezing differ
• User-defined functions for hysteresis and subcooling in simulation
• Subcooling temperature effects small, but timing may affect daily cycle

Craig Farnham, Osaka City University, Japan

Ricardo Almeida, CI&DETS - Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal

Josep Ramon Castro, University of Lleida, Spain