| Keywords |
Green building material ; Indoor air quality ; VOCs ; Heat storage ; PCM |
| Abstract |
Green building materials can include those that not only emit little pollutants from building materials indoors, but also are able to decrease building energy consumption. Natural materials play a significant role in reducing the harmful substances in buildings emitted from indoor building materials using their physical and chemical characteristics. Heat storage is one of the most important concepts in achieving high energy savings in buildings. With this requirement, phase change materials (PCM) have been focused on, especially in combination with existing building materials, to maximize the amount of energy that can be stored in relatively small volumes. This paper presents an overview of recent research trends in green building materials and a case study of previous research with the perspective of natural materials for comfortable indoor air quality and thermal energy storage materials incorporating PCM in buildings. |