Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Empowering Consumers |
Development of Advanced Cool Materials
for Buildings and Cities
Developing advanced reflective cool materials for buildings and cities that significantly reduce the demand for cooling buildings and counterbalance the impact of urban overheating . |
Competitive Advantage • Knowledge and expertise to improve environmental quality in deprived urban zones , and enhance the sustainability and survivability of low-income households
A successful track record of :
• Reducing the surface temperature of materials by up to 15oC
• Decreasing ambient temperatures by up to 2oC
• Lowering the cooling energy consumption of buildings by up to 40 %
Impact • High efficiency and low-cost materials reduce the cooling demand of buildings and cities , improving their environmental conditions
• Improving building efficiency reduces the cost to cool buildings , and contributes to the reduction of heat-related mortality and morbidity
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Capabilities and Facilities • Laboratory capable of performing a wide range of energy and environmental measurements for development and testing of building materials
• Spectrophotometer to measure the spectral characteristics of materials
• Accelerating ageing chamber for conducting ageing studies
• Equipment for measuring emissivity , thermal conductivity , and many other optical and thermal parameters of materials , including thermal cameras
More Information Professor Mattheos Santamouris
School of Built Environment
T + 61 2 9385 0729
E : m . santamouris @ unsw . edu . au
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Successful Applications |
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• Commercialisation of industrial products globally |
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• Collaboration and testing of advanced products with a number of major industrial companies , such as Daikin Chemicals and Isomat |
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