@conference {3104,
	title = {Mortars Containing Sustainable PCM{\textquoteright}s for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings},
	journal = {ICBMM 2019},
	year = {2019},
	month = {2019-09-01 00:00:00},
	publisher = {MATEC Web of Conferences},
	address = {Lisboa},
	abstract = {
Energy use in buildings represents more than one-third of global energy consumption and contributes to
nearly one-quarter of greenhouse gases emission worldwide. The thermal comfort demand represents one of the main cause of the increased energy consumption. To guarantee a thermal indoor comfort, contributing at the same time to the energy saving, the Thermal Energy Storage (TES) methodologies have recently gained interest. These technologies involve the use of a smart material, i.e. a Phase Change Material (PCM), with the capability to absorb/release energy from/in the environment; it can be easily integrated into a building material, such as a mortar.
In this work, aerial lime-based mortar with the incorporation of an eco-sustainable PCM have been analyzed with the purpose to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. For its non-toxic nature, a thermoplastic polymer has been selected as PCM, i.e. Poly-Ethylene Glycol (PEG 1000). This material was included in an inert support obtained as byproduct of stone extraction from quarry. The final product, i.e. PEG/stone, can be regarded as a composite to be used as mortar aggregate. A preliminary (chemical and physical) characterization of this compound shown that the sustainable aggregates PEG/stone have an appropriate Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage (LHTES). The addition of these aggregates into a mortar compositions lead to an unsuitable reduction of mechanical properties.
},
	keywords = {Mortars, Phase Change Material (PCM)},
	doi = {10.1051/matecconf/201930302001},
	author = {Frigione, M. and Lettieri, M. and Sarcinella, A. and Aguiar, J. B.}
}