Passive cooling, like the shade a tree provides, has been around forever.
Passive cooling, like the shade a tree provides, has been around forever.
Recently, researchers have been exploring how to turbo charge a passive cooling technique — known as radiative or sky cooling — with sun-blocking, nanomaterials that emit heat away from building rooftops. While progress has been made, this eco-friendly technology isn’t commonplace because researchers have struggled to maximize the materials' cooling capabilities.
New research led by University at Buffalo engineers makes significant progress in this area.
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The new tech that provides both radiative cooling and solar heating, all is one system and without using electricity or fuel. (Photo Credit: University at Buffalo)
