Prof. Christopher CHAO, Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU and Director of PReCIT, and Prof. LU Lin Vivien, Professor of Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering of PolyU, were interviewed by Sing Tao Daily on PolyU’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality through education, research and policy studies. Prof. CHAO mentioned that PolyU established Campus Carbon Neutrality Committee in 2022, responsible for strategic planning, formulation, implementation, monitoring, and review of the campus's carbon neutrality roadmap and action plan. The Committee supports potential research for the transformation and realisation of outcomes, including novel carbon dots-driven green radiative cooling coating for energy saving and cooling in buildings. Prof. LU added that the coating can adjust cooling capacity based on solar irradiance. This new photoluminescent radiative cooling nanocoating can convert solar energy into light energy to mitigate urban heat island effects caused by building materials.
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Sing Tao Daily: https://polyu.me/4hofXLG
