Radiative Cooling and Thermoregulation of Vertical Facades with Micropatterned Directional Emitters

We demonstrate a micropatterned directional emitter ({\mu}DE) with an ultrabroadband, azimuthally selective and tailorable emittance across the thermal wavelengths and over wide angles. The {\mu}DE can enable a novel and passive seasonal thermoregulation of buildings by reducing summertime terrestri...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-08
Main Authors: Mathis Degeorges, Anand, Jyothis, Varghese, Nithin Jo, Mandal, Jyotirmoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Building envelopes
Buildings
Cooling
Emittance
Emitters
Heating
Micropatterning
Thermoregulation
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Summary:We demonstrate a micropatterned directional emitter ({\mu}DE) with an ultrabroadband, azimuthally selective and tailorable emittance across the thermal wavelengths and over wide angles. The {\mu}DE can enable a novel and passive seasonal thermoregulation of buildings by reducing summertime terrestrial radiative heat gain, and wintertime loss. We show several types of {\mu}DE, such as metallic and white variants, made using low-cost materials and scalable manufacturing techniques that are already in large-scale use. Furthermore, we show that its directional emittance can be geometrically tailored to sky-view factors in different urban scenarios. Outdoor experiments show that {\mu}DEs stay up to 1.53{\deg}C cooler than traditional building envelopes when exposed to direct sunlight on summer days and up to 0.46{\deg}C warmer during winter nights. Additionally, {\mu}DEs demonstrate significant cooling powers of up to 40 Wm-2 in warm conditions and heating powers of up to 30 Wm-2 in cool conditions, relative to typical building envelopes. Building energy models show that {\mu}DEs can achieve all-season energy savings similar to or higher than those of cool roofs. Collectively, our findings show {\mu}DEs as highly promising for thermoregulating buildings.
ISSN:2331-8422