Researchers Receive DOE Funding to Develop Infrared-Reflective Coating
BOULDER, CO - A research effort led by the University of Colorado Boulder to develop an inexpensive, “do-it-yourself” coating to retrofit energy-inefficient windows in residential and commercial buildings has been given a $4 million boost over three years by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
The funding will be used to develop a paintable, infrared-reflective coating to drastically reduce cooling costs for structures and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by minimizing solar heat gains, according to CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Garret Miyake of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Miyake is the principal investigator on the award, which also involves the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in Berkeley, CA, and Materia Inc., a private company headquartered in Pasadena.