Smart Windows Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:35:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Smart Windows Save And Generate Energy While Controlling Incoming Light https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-smart-windows-save-generate-energy-controlling-incoming-light-20131025/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-smart-windows-save-generate-energy-controlling-incoming-light-20131025/#respond Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:14:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42896 Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have designed a new generation of smart windows, made of materials that control the amount of incoming radiation from the sun, and have solar cells placed around the glass panels to generate electricity. With this technology, the inventors claim that they can reduce cost related to temperature control throughout […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-smart-windows-save-generate-energy-controlling-incoming-light-20131025/feed/ 0 42896 Thin Nanocrystal Coating Makes Smart Windows Super Energy Efficient https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thin-nanocrystal-coating-smart-windows-20130821/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thin-nanocrystal-coating-smart-windows-20130821/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:03:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=40876 The Universal Smart Window Project, heavily funded by the Department of Energy, has yet again amazed everyone with a striking innovation produced as a result of the hard work of researchers from Lawrence Barkley National Laboratory. The team developed a new window coating material made of nanocrystals, which boosts energy efficiency by modifying and controlling […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thin-nanocrystal-coating-smart-windows-20130821/feed/ 0 40876 New Smart Windows Reduce Air-Conditioning And Heating Costs https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-windows-energy-costs-20110922/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-windows-energy-costs-20110922/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:19:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20498 Scientists have recently developed a new “smart” window system that, according to them, is capable of reflecting the sun’s rays away during summer time and turn completely transparent during the winter. This way, the costs with heating and air conditioning are considerably reduced. Such windows already exist on the market, but they have many drawbacks, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-windows-energy-costs-20110922/feed/ 1 20498 SmarterShade Reduces 25% of Energy for Room Cooling https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smartershade-reduces-25-of-energy-for-room-cooling-20090310/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smartershade-reduces-25-of-energy-for-room-cooling-20090310/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:51:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2942 SmarterShade is a solar-powered smart windows that helps cooling down your home temperature in hot summer days.

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