A cooling film developed at the University of Illinois was tested on Houston infrastructure for FIFA; treated metal roofs stayed over 40°F cooler in direct sunlight without using electricity |
In Houston, the heat is part of the setting. During the FIFA Fan Festival, though, some of the infrastructure around the event had a rather different experience of the Texas summer. Roofs treated with a thin cooling film stayed dramatically cooler than nearby untreated metal surfaces, even while sitting beneath direct sunlight.The material was not…
