Scientists in Hong Kong have demonstrated a new ultra-white ceramic material that can drastically cool buildings by reflecting sunlight and heat at record highs. The beetle-inspired material gets its ability from its nanostructure, stays tough to the elements and should be relatively easy to scale…

Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with record-high 99.6% reflectivity::undefined

  • Pretzilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You know what cools roofs and generates electricity? Magic!

    Another trick: bifacial panels oriented to pick up the reflected light from highly reflective roofs