During the hot summer months, the sun can really do a number on people. Finding refuge indoors is often the escape for most, but even there, we rely on air conditioners to cool us down. Cranking down the air conditioner means increasing the utility bills, which even energy efficient air conditioners still require funds for operation. With the aid of blinds, curtains, and drapes, you can find a reprieve from the intensity of the sun and allow the air conditioning unit to not over exert itself. With modern science, high-tech advances, and the brilliance of engineers, great strides are being made in developing windows capable of darkening on their own accord.
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This bit of news excites the window care specialists and enthusiasts of Sunburst Window Cleaning and Holiday Lighting, and we would like to take the opportunity to relate more information regarding this exciting breakthrough. Think of the prescription eye glasses that incredibly transform into sunglasses, a material known as photochromic, which alters when the surrounding light changes. Then there is thermochromic, your basic mood ring, that reacts with warm temperatures. And now, a similar application of a material that responds to an electrical charge with a more useful benefit of changing on demand is being marketed as a privacy window, which with a flip of a switch can alter clear glass into opaque frosted glass. The drawback of this design, according to experts of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the limitations, which prohibit it from darkening to the full opaque shade and that it takes several minutes to change. But professor Dinca and his team have developed a similar product that can perform at a quicker pace.
Electrochromic Windows
Made up of several layers of compounds, the electrochromic window is composed of the electrochromic layer and a layer packed with ions. Forcing the color to change by applying voltage, the ions are directed into the electrochromic layer, which also slows the transition down. However, with the new and improved design, which uses the metal-organic frameworks, the ions can transmit much quicker. The team also introduced a blend of two different colors, green and red. When combined together it creates a shade nearly impossible to see through and is capable of producing various shade settings.
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With this clean air solution, we could significantly reduce the energy consumption by minimizing the need for air conditioning use. Consider that Americans alone spend $11 billion a year and release over 100 million tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere! Naturally, the United Arab Emirates and the U.S. Department of Energy are encouraging the progress with support and funding. Shine Sunburst Window Cleaning and Holiday Lighting finds the news of this progress in window technology and is excited to see it regularly used throughout homes and businesses around the world. In the meantime, we know windows and the most efficient and fast way of getting them crystal clear. If your home or business is in need of cleaner windows, or you are looking for a regular window cleaning regime, contact Sunburst Window Cleaning and Holiday Lighting today to get started!
