Results and Conclusions from the Phase Change Material Model
From the PCM simulation run on ESP-r, we have been thus far unable to obtain results for the integration of PCMs within the façade. There are many different factors which affect how effective the PCM will be within the façade such as the operational temperatures of the phase change materials, which node the layer of PCM is located at within the wall and how much PCM is used within the wall. It is expected that PCMs would show an energy saving to a certain extent but exactly how much and how it would compare to the other technologies tested is unclear. As an additional output of this project we have compiled a step-by-step procedural document of how a phase change material could be input into ESP-r to conduct a simulation so that any future researchers wishing to explore this concept further or investigate certain PCMs within a building will have a written guide of how to conduct this experiment.
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