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

  • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’m a construction engineer, though I think that’s just civil engineer in lot of the world.

    BTW - flat roofs aren’t a thing. Expect in traditional building in desert areas. “Flat” roofs aren’t flat.

    I assumed everyone knew what I meant. See some apartment building roofs.