Cheap off-the-shelf plastic sheets found to cool buildings

Cheap off-the-shelf plastic sheets found to cool buildings(cell.com)

2 points by sagman 2 years ago | 3 comments

beretguy 2 years ago |

Brick. Just build houses out of brick.

sagman 2 years ago | |

Bricks are not going to passively cool or warm the houses. They could be coated with paints or surfaces that do so. And building tall buildings with bricks are prohibitively expensive.

JoeAltmaier 2 years ago | |

Limit of 20 stories for brick buildings.

Steel skeleton to go higher.

Brick facing on steel structure?