Living wall: CU receives grant to develop amazing, energy-efficient walls

September 2, 2010 · Posted by in Energy 

 

Air conditioners | photo by flickr user Todd Morris

You’ve heard “my body is a temple,” but how about “my house is a body?”

 

The wall, as the CU team of engineers and architects proposes, would use channels of advanced polymers to naturally heat or cool homes similar to how the human body regulates its temperature.

“What we are envisioning is actually having a wall that has a vascular network inside,” said Kurt Maute, an associate professor with CU’s aerospace engineering sciences department.

The team of engineers assigned think that the living wall could have commercial applications in 20 years.

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