Scientists in Hong Kong have demonstrated a new ultra-white ceramic material that can drastically cool buildings by reflecting sunlight and heat at record highs. The beetle-inspired material gets its ability from its nanostructure, stays tough to the elements and should be relatively easy to scale…

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  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Kind of

    There are eco apartments (planning idk about practice); grass on the roof and trees growing up the side

    Lakehead University Orillia was going to do this for a new building but I don’t know what happened