Feb
14
Engineered Material Cools Roofs Without Using Energy
February 14, 2017 | 2 Comments
University of Colorado at Boulder engineers have developed an engineered material to act as a kind of air conditioning system for structures. The new material is a scalable manufactured metamaterial – an engineered material with extraordinary properties not found in nature with the ability to cool objects even under direct sunlight with zero energy and […]
Jan
10
Fans Save A Lot of Money
January 10, 2017 | 2 Comments
University of California Berkeley researchers in the College of Environmental Design working in Singapore show that slightly raising indoor temperatures and equipping office workers with smart fans saves significantly on overall office building energy costs while maintaining employee comfort. The research was conducted by a consortium of engineering specialists in the U.S. and Asia led […]
Apr
15
Physicists Discover a New Way to Refrigerate and Cool
April 15, 2015 | Leave a Comment
A Louisiana State University (LSU) research physicist team has discovered a breakthrough magnetocaloric material that cools. The press release believes food refrigeration and air conditioning may become more efficient and environmentally friendly thanks to the patent-pending work of physicists. Lead researcher LSU Physics Professor Shane Stadler said, “The world refrigeration market is expected to increase […]
Jul
21
New Space Heating Technology from an Old Idea
July 21, 2010 | 4 Comments
Starting with the Ericsson Cycle idea, Purdue University researchers have developed a new type of heat pump that could allow residents in cold climates to cut their heating bills in half. Eckhard Groll, a professor of mechanical engineering who is working on the project with James Braun professor of mechanical engineering and W. Travis Horton, […]
Jun
25
A New Efficient Air Conditioner
June 25, 2010 | 20 Comments
A/C is the product that raised U.S national human productivity more than any other in the second half of the 20th century. More people could work in more places than ever across more of the climate extremes in a far more comfortable environment. But refrigeration A/C is a power hungry method to dry and cool […]
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