Researchers Offer ‘Adaptive Roof Tile’ Concept That Responds to Outside Temp., Reduces Energy Consumption
Scientists at the University of California Santa Barbara published academic paper on roof tiles that can cut heat and cooling costs without the use of electricity
A research paper published on Tuesday in the academic journal Device offers an alluring prospect to the roofing industry: an adaptive roof tile, which, when deployed in arrays on roofs, can lower heating bills in winter and cooling bills in summer without the need for electronics.
The paper’s authors, UC Santa Barbara researchers Charlie Xiao, Elliot Hawkes, and Bolin Liao, have been working on the project with the aim of reducing costs on Americans’ energy bills as well as reducing the consumption of fossil fuels to run in-home HVAC systems.