Impacts of phase change materials on performance of operational peak load shifting strategies in a sample building in hot‐arid climate

Abstract

Buildings consume around 32% of the produced energy, worldwide and around 19% of the greenhouse gas emissions are related to them. It makes the buildings one of the largest energy consumers and one of the major sources of greenhouse gases emission.HVAC systems are one of the largest consumers of energy in buildings. In hot arid climates, cooling systems used in buildings impose a large pressure on the power grid, which may lead into blackouts. In order to address this problem, several approaches have been examined. Thermal energy storage, in particular, latent heat storage using phase change materials (PCM) has been notably considered in construction applica-