Innovative cement should cool buildings

Innovative cement should cool buildings

Tiny vesicles reduce the heat absorption and radiation of this cement. This prevents the building material from heating up in the sun. “> © lu et al./ Science Advances, CC-by-NC 4.0

When the sun shines on buildings, its walls and roofs heat up and release the heat internally and outside. As a result, urban heat islands and the energy requirements for air conditioning are increasing. A new cement should remedy: because it scattered the sunlight instead of absorbing it, he remains

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