New engineered material can cool roofs, structures with zero energy consumption

Engineers have developed a scalable manufactured metamaterial – an engineered material with extraordinary properties not found in nature – to act as a kind of air conditioning system for structures. It has the ability to cool objects even under direct sunlight with zero energy and water consumption.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170209142708.htm

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