Smart building facade regulates heat by mimicking a plant and a bug

Nobody likes buildings that are too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter. That's where the FlectoLine facade comes in, as it uses not just one but two bio-inspired mechanisms to automatically regulate how much solar thermal energy gets through a building's windows.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: University of Stuttgart, University of Fribourg, Solar Powered, Heating, Cooling, Biomimicry, Building Facades


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