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Project title

Dynamic, sustainable, glazing technology enabling modulation of solar heat flow, significantly reducing carbon emissions from the built environment

Primary Funding Agency

Taighde �ireann-Research Ireland

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

Lead Organisation

University College Dublin (UCD)

Lead Applicant

Not listed

Project Abstract

The proposed technology has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the built environment whilst also reducing the use of fossil fuels in the heating and cooling of buildings - the net effect being a reduction in environmental/financial costs of temperature regulation on a national and global level as buildings are responsible for 40% of global Carbon emissions. The transformative technology involves the integration of an electronic nanotech layer, made of an anisotropic material, into a state-of-the-art glazing system. The embedded non-isotropic molecules within this layer can be dynamically aligned, with respect to the elevation/position of the sun, this enables controlling of thermal radiation from the sun without affecting visible light transmission from other directions into the building. An IoT/BEMs system can then dynamically control radiation - reducing or increasing incoming radiation as desired and even releasing thermal radiation out of the building if required (allowing heat into/out of the building on demand). The leadership team assembled to drive this project have a complementary mix of requisite skills & expertise in the areas of Physics, nano-optics, public policy and project management to move this technology from theory to a sustainable, demonstrable concept, on budget, during the course of the proposed project.

Grant Approved

�588,095.60

Research Hub

Climate Change

Research Theme

3. Climate Solutions, Transition Management and Opportunities

Start Date

01/12/2024

Initial Projected Completion Date

30/11/2025