This paper investigates the possibility of reducing the energy use for cooling as well as improving the thermal comfort in lightweight buildings by associating new heat thermal energy storage (HTES) to the building HVAC system. The numerical model of the so-called “phase-shifter” HTES has...

The importance of simulation models to assess the impacts of droughts and the effects of mitigation options on water supply systems is well known. However a common procedure about the exploitation of model results is not established yet. Vulnerability is used to characterize the performance of...