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Cool Kitchen: Processing Starch and Eggshell Powder into Sustainable Coatings for Passive Daytime Cooling

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song, Evelyn Kubacki, Alexander Berger, Markus Retsch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy consumption and heat island effect mitigation analysis of different roofs considering superposition coupling

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023
Building energy, particularly air conditioning energy, makes for a significant fraction of overall societal energy usage. The heat island effect is a common urban environmental concern that threatens human sustainable development. Roofs, which cover more
Shanguo Zhao, Shanguo Zhao, Xiaosong Zhang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of modular green roofs for high-density urban cities [PDF]

, 2008
Stream A: Lifecyle of implementing green roofs and green wallsMany cities are facing problems of urban heat island and lack of greenery space. Green roofs can help mitigate the adverse effects and bring the nature back to the urban area.
Chan, HM, Hui, SCM
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Harmonizing the Pyrene and Ether Groups in Covalent Triazine Polymers for Highly Effective H2O2 Photosynthesis via One‐Step Two‐Electron Oxygen Reduction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The pyrene and ether groups are incorporated into the covalent triazine polymer (CTP) structure. The synergistic effect of the two functional groups endows CTP with better electron transfer, light absorption, and oxygen activation properties. An impressive apparent quantum yield (13.2% @420 nm) and a remarkable solar‐to‐chemical conversion efficiency ...
Chong Wang, Jinliang Lv, Yichun Lu, Hanfeng Ye, Xuan Zhang, Leonardo Cancellara, Nadezda Tarakina, Jiande Lin, Xin Gao, Oleksandr Savateev, Jiajia Cheng   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Integration of Green Roofs: Current Challenges and Perspectives

Sustainability, 2021
Green roofs (GRs) are a sustainable alternative to conventional roofs that provide multiple ecosystem services. Integrating GRs into urban areas is highly relevant considering the rapidly increasing built-up in cities.
M. Joshi, J. Teller
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Archeo‐Inspiration from the Cultural History of Glass: Historic Accounts, Anecdotes and Hard Facts as Challenges to Modern Material Science

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Glass, historically valued for its purity and durability, has long inspired artists and societies. This article introduces the concept of “Archeo‐Inspiration”, drawing on cultural and historical contexts of glass to guide future material innovations.
Eva von Contzen, Julia von Ditfurth, Fabian Stroth, Bastian E. Rapp   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Resilience through Green Roofing: A Literature Review on Dual Environmental Benefits [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Urban areas face significant environmental challenges, notably rainwater management and the urban heat island effect. As sustainable ecological infrastructures, Green roofs provide dual benefits in addressing these issues.
Zhang Xingyu, Soe Aung Naing, Dong Sihui, Chen Minghao, Wu Mengzhen, Htwe Thet   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Productive Green Roofs [PDF]

, 2017
Although interest in productive gardening, as part of a healthy, high density city lifestyle, is growing rapidly, severe spatial constraints limit opportunities for ground-level community gardens and urban farms.
Pryor, MR
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Hydrogel Thermostat Inspired by Photoprotective Foliage Using Latent and Radiative Heat Control

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Guided by Populus alba foliage, this hydrogel latent‐radiative thermostat (LRT) actively balances latent and radiative heat fluxes. An LRT switches solar reflectance, maintains high mid‐IR emissivity, and reversibly evaporates/regenerates water, while titanium oxide (TiO2) nanoparticles toughen the film.
Se‐Yeon Heo, Hyung Rae Kim, Yoonsoo Shin, Hyun Su Lee, Hyunkyu Kwak, Do Hyeon Kim, Dong Hyun Seo, Joo Hwan Ko, Hyo Eun Jeong, Sehui Chang, Min Seok Kim, Longnan Li, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Wei Li, Dae‐Hyeong Kim, Young Min Song   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Australian green roofs attract bees with similar functional traits, but species-specific responses to local attributes differ significantly

Basic and Applied Ecology
Bees are important pollinators but are globally in decline due to the effects of climate and land use change, for example loss of habitat and urban heat island associated with urbanisation.
J. Schiller, J. Brown, A.K. Hahs, N.S.G. Williams, C.G. Threlfall   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source