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Story tips: Cool smart walls, magnetism twist, fuel cost savings and polymers’ impact – EurekAlert
ORNL Story Tips: Cool smart walls, magnetism twist, fuel cost savings and polymers’ impact, September 2020
IMAGE: ORNL researchers 3D printed a concrete wall embedded with a thermal storage and active insulation system that allows the wall to function as a cooling system.
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Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Buildings – Cool smart walls
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers used additive manufacturing to build a first-of-its kind smart wall called EMPOWER. The wall, designed for a building’s interior, also functions as a cooling system to optimize energy use and lower overall cost.
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