Shiming Deng

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of phase change materials used to optimize building envelope and equipment is provided, and the existing gaps in the research works on energy performance improvement with phase change material are identified, and recommendations offered as authors' viewpoints in 5 aspects.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive and systematic review around an entire frosting-defrosting cycle might provide an overview of the analytical tools for scholars, researchers, product developers, and policy makers, and shed new light on the designing and performance optimization of ASHP units.

TL;DR: In this paper, a theoretical study on a thermal comfort model in sleeping environments was performed by introducing appropriate modifications to Fanger's comfort model, which can be used for determining thermally neutral environmental conditions under a given bedding system.

TL;DR: In this article, an average Energy Use Index (EUI) based on unit floor area has been derived for hotel buildings in Hong Kong using energy consumption data for 1995, and the breakdown of energy use showed that electricity dominated total energy consumption and that, on average, about one-third of total energy was used for air conditioning.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a distributed mathematical model of the airside heat exchanger under frosting in an air source heat pump water heater/chiller (ASHPWHC) unit and evaluated the impacts of frosting on the operational performance of an ASHPWHC unit.