UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDFrom a cooling surface to a building-scale question.
A collaborative study connects a radiative-cooling coating with the question of building carbon savings.
Material-temperature reduction at noon, reported by UMD
What is being explored?
Can a durable surface reflect sunlight and release heat to the sky while offering a useful benefit for buildings?
Read the research contextWhere Jelena connects.
UMD explicitly credits Jelena Srebric, a coauthor, with expertise in estimating building CO₂ savings. Liangbing Hu led the research team; Xinpeng Zhao was the study’s first author.
View the sourceWhat the work reports.
UMD reports a 3.5°C reduction in the temperature of the material beneath the coating at noon. The team also estimated potential annual carbon savings for a modeled mid-rise apartment building.
Explore the findingsThe people behind the work.
The paper’s coauthors include Xinpeng Zhao, Liangbing Hu, Jelena Srebric, Zongfu Yu, and eight other researchers. The full author list is in the publication below.
The published work.
A solution-processed radiative cooling glass
Authors & reference
Xinpeng Zhao; Tangyuan Li; Hua Xie; He Liu; Lingzhe Wang; Yurui Qu; Stephanie C. Li; Shufeng Liu; Alexandra H. Brozena; Zongfu Yu; Jelena Srebric; Liangbing Hu.
Science (2023). DOI: 10.1126/science.adi2224