As I had stated in a previous post, Architecture will never cease to evolve as long as technology evolves. Therefore, nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the molecular scale, is opening new possibilities in green building through products like solar energy collecting paints, nanogel high-insulating translucent panels, and heat-absorbing windows. Even more dramatic breakthroughs are now in development such as paint-on lasers that could one day allow materials to send information to each other (remember this!), windows that shift from transparent to opaque with the flip of a switch, and environmentally friendly biocides for preserving wood. These breakthrough materials are opening new frontiers in green building, offering unprecedented performance in energy efficiency, durability, economy and sustainability...Please welcome the future of Architecture!
I would like to encourage you to visit greentechforum.net for more info as the director of the forum as well as associate professor in the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University in Indiana, Dr. George Elvin, produces webinars for the particular topic and all its innovations and advantages.
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I love your site - green building is so critical to solving our environmental problems. But I also want to encourage you to site your sources. Your nanotechnology for green building post is taken almost verbatim from the webinar I gave yesterday entitled Nanotechnology for Green Building. Thanks for covering this important topic and keep up the good work!
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