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This book discusses nocturnal cooling technologies for building applications. Exploiting the natural environment as a renewable and sustainable resource has become a significant strategy for passive energy saving in buildings, and has led to growing interest in the use of passive radiative cooling based on nighttime (nocturnal) and daytime (diurnal) operating periods. Of these, nocturnal cooling is more promising since diurnal cooling is hard to achieve due to the solar radiation effect. As such, this book provides a comprehensive overview of nocturnal cooling for building applications, including a definition, concepts and principles; materials and devices; and cooling systems and configurations.

Nocturnal Cooling Technology for Building Applications

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Definition, Concepts and Principles

Chapter 3  Materials and Devices

Chapter 4 Cooling System and Configuration

Chapter 5 Performance Studies: The State-of-The-Art 

Chapter 6 Potential of nocturnal cooling in various locations/countries and climatic conditions

Chapter 7 Conclusions