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    @JournalArticle {2836,
    	title = {Eco-efficient mortars with incorporation of phase change materials},
    	journal = {Journal of Building Physics},
    	volume = {41},
    	year = {2018},
    	month = {2018-03-01 00:00:00},
    	pages = {469-492},
    	publisher = {SAGE},
    	abstract = {

    Nowadays, the construction is one of the main European sectors responsible for the
    high levels of energy consumption and raw material extraction. Increasingly, the energy
    consumption from renewable sources and industrial waste reuse are the only ways to
    minimize these environmental and societal problems. Simultaneous incorporation of
    phase change materials and fly ash in the mortars increases the energy efficiency and
    decreases the waste materials landfilled. The development of mortars with phase change
    materials and fly ash incorporation contributes to a significant improvement of the building
    comfort parameters and the environmental quality. The phase change materials possess
    the capability to normalize the temperature flux inside the buildings, using the solar
    energy as resource. The main purposes of this study were the physical, mechanical, and
    thermal characterization of mortars with phase change materials and fly ash incorporation.
    It was concluded that the phase change materials and fly ash simultaneous incorporation
    leads to homogeneous and suitable mortars with increased thermal behavior
    compared with the phase change material addition alone.

    }, keywords = {Cement mortars, Fly ash, Mechanical properties, Phase change materials, Physical properties, Thermal properties}, doi = {10.1177/1744259117697397}, author = {Cunha, S. and Aguiar, J. B. and Ferreira, V. M.} }

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    The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

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