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

  • doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If the top of my head

    • it cools your house in the winter, too
    • It’s probably annoyingly bright if you can see the roof from ground level
    • likely to degrade over time necessitating replacing tiles to maintain the effect
    • Doesn’t work as well if you’ve got solar panels or trees obstructing it
    • other stuff, probably