Signal Radiative cooling paint costs around $6 per square metre with reported 15-20% energy savings
Summary
The chapter's cost and performance figures are a paint price of about $6 per square metre and energy savings of 15 to 20 percent reported by 3M and SkyCool in grocery and retail settings, which it uses to argue the technology has left the laboratory.
Classification
Main topicClimate Change & Adaptation
Region menusGlobal
Occurrencescope:country · geo_region:north_america · country:US
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026 World Economic Forum (in collaboration with Frontiers) page=13;section=3 Passive radiative cooling materials / Strategic outlook 2026-06 accessed 2026-07-26
- Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026 World Economic Forum (in collaboration with Frontiers) page=12;section=3 Passive radiative cooling materials 2026-06 accessed 2026-07-26
Part of trends 1
Directly linked issues 0
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Relation types: supports
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