” Smart” Alloy Will Make Your Air Conditioner 175% More Efficient [Coolant]

Leaving your air conditioner on full blast all day might soon come with a bit less guilt, because of an alloy developed by the University of Maryland. The \” thermally elastic\” material could allow air conditioners to run 175% more efficiently.

The new metal serves as a solid coolant, in preference to the normal (and environmentally nasty) liquid coolants found in commercial and residential air conditioners. If implemented, the hot super-efficient system could reduce US carbon emissions by 250 million metric tons per year, and keep liquid refrigeration agents out of landfills and backyards. The next move for the project is utilising $500,000 in federal stimulus cash to advance the working prototype into commercial production. [University of Maryland via Inhabitat]

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