New Window Coating: Let The Light In – Leave The Heat Out

A team from A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing and Technology, led by Hui Huang, is working on refining the chemical arrangement of nanoparticles to block the infrared heat, while at the same time still allowing the visible light in. The new technology will be manufactured as a coating that can be applied to existing windows.

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This would complement that roof paint that blacks infrared.

CrazyNeutrino said:

This would complement that roof paint that blacks infrared.

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This would complement that roof paint that blocks infrared.

CrazyNeutrino said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

This would complement that roof paint that blacks infrared.

Try again

This would complement that roof paint that blocks infrared.

maybe add nano particles to the blue roof paint

Maybe this too could be used in telescopes.

A nano particle infrared telescope?

CrazyNeutrino said:

New Window Coating: Let The Light In – Leave The Heat Out

A team from A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing and Technology, led by Hui Huang, is working on refining the chemical arrangement of nanoparticles to block the infrared heat, while at the same time still allowing the visible light in. The new technology will be manufactured as a coating that can be applied to existing windows.

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It’s known as “low-E glass” and is available as a coating.

A recent TV program “megastructures” described how low-E glass was used together with double glazing to let the light in and keep the heat out in a very large building “China’s smart tower”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tevMlwT6OWw

Summary of episode: “The Pearl River Tower is one of the first of a new generation of super smart buildings. It will use less than half the energy of a conventional skyscraper and will harvest the forces of nature to make energy of its own. With a curved facade that faces directly into the wind, the Pearl River Tower in China’s Guangzhou City is shaped for performance. With a design specific to its environment, the Pearl River Tower utilizes a multitude of energy efficient technologies in one single structure, and symbolizes the future for super-tall building design.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_River_Tower