Passive cooling in an urban setting

August 9, 2019 Siddhant Goyal

Date of Publication: August 9, 2019

Author: Ronggui Yang, Xiaobo Yin

Summary:

Radiative cooling can be used to reduce building air-conditioning requirements. In urban environments, nearby buildings partially block access to the sky, which hinders radiative cooling, but a thermal beam-shaping design can help solve this problem.

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0358-3