Tailoring smart film for energy efficient protected cropping

冷却成本是温室的主要运行成本，阻碍了高度有益的保护性种植技术的广泛采用。该项目旨在通过开发一种世界上首个量身定做的智能薄膜来解决这一关键问题，该薄膜可以同时拒绝太阳热量，为温室降温，并最大限度地提高作物产量。这是通过先进的光谱工程和具有前沿纳米结构的光管理以及可扩展和低成本的制造工艺来实现的。该项目的成果包括改变游戏规则的受保护作物节能解决方案，以及可随时与现有温室集成的适销对路的智能薄膜，从而显著节省能源并立即产生经济和社会效益。

Cooling cost represents a major running cost for greenhouse, preventing the wide adoption of highly beneficial protected cropping technology. This project aims at solving this critical issue by developing a world-first tailored smart film that can simultaneously reject solar heat, cool down the greenhouse and maximise the yields of crops. This is made possible by advanced spectral engineering and light management with frontier nanostructures combined with a scalable and low cost manufacturing process. Deliverables of the project include game-changing energy efficient solutions for protected cropping and marketable smart films readily integratable with existing greenhouse for dramatic energy saving and immediate economic and social benefits.