United States. Researchers at the University of Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed a new window coating that controls the amount of solar radiation entering a room, saving energy in commercial buildings and housing complexes.
The coating is manufactured based on nanocrystals that have the ability to control the amount of heat from the sun that passes through them, without modifying the amount of visible light in the room and constitutes the first energy-efficient coating that works without the need to apply tabling or opaque films on the window panes.
"The distinguishing feature of our new coating is that the 'dye' is not perceived by the eye, so it controls the amount of heat transmitted without affecting how much light there is," said Delia Milliron, a berkeley lab scientist and co-author of the study.
The authors of this development also announced that they plan to develop a window with different coatings that control, in addition to heat, the amount of light, in order to save even more energy.
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