The Engineer - Building material offers low-energy solution to maintaining temperature
Poorly insulated buildings could benefit from an electrochromic building material that absorbs or emits heat based on the outside temperature.
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Poorly insulated buildings could benefit from an electrochromic building material that absorbs or emits heat based on the outside temperature.
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“This kind of smart material lets us maintain the temperature in a building without huge amounts of energy.”
Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) say they have designed a building material that changes its infrared color — and how much heat it absorbs or emits — based on the outside temperature.