@article {1763,
	title = { Thermal energy and economic analysis of a PCM-enhanced household envelope considering different climate zones in Morocco },
	journal = { INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY },
	volume = {37},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {515-532},
	abstract = {<p>This study investigates the thermal energy potentials and economic feasibility of an air-conditioned family household-integrated phase change material (PCM) considering different climate zones in Morocco. A simulation-based optimisation was carried out in order to define the optimal design of a PCM-enhanced household envelope for thermal energy effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of predefined candidate solutions. The optimisation methodology is based on coupling Energyplus (R) as a dynamic simulation tool and GenOpt (R) as an optimisation tool. Considering the obtained optimum design strategies, a thermal energy and economic analysis are carried out to investigate PCMs integration feasibility in the Moroccan constructions. The results show that the PCM-integrated household envelope allows minimising the cooling/heating thermal energy demand vs. a reference household without PCM. While for the cost-effectiveness optimisation, it has been deduced that the economic feasibility is stilling insufficient under the actual PCM market conditions. The optimal design parameters results are also analysed.</p>},
	author = {Y. KHARBOUCH and A. MIMET and M. EL-GANAOUI and L. OUHSAINE}
}
