{"id":5387,"date":"2026-02-25T21:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/?page_id=5387"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:26:02","slug":"passive-radiative-cooling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/passive-radiative-cooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Passive Radiative Cooling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h2><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Passive Radiative Cooling<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Project Summary: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In an innovative collaboration with PARC, this Mechanical Engineering Capstone team is constructing a radiative heat exchanger rig to test cutting-edge cooling technologies. The project explores the potential of specialized surface paints that can cool buildings below ambient temperature by emitting thermal energy directly into space, drastically reducing the need for electricity and water in cooling systems. By demonstrating how these materials perform in real-world conditions, the students are not only advancing energy research but also creating a lasting educational tool for future engineering programs at NAU<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-390\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2018\/08\/Tree-Campus-cover-ek-600x292.png\" alt=\"shot of Flagstaff campus\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2018\/08\/Tree-Campus-cover-ek-600x292.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2018\/08\/Tree-Campus-cover-ek-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2018\/08\/Tree-Campus-cover-ek.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Project Lead:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Logan Yeoman<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Project Advisor:<\/h5>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer Wade<\/p>\n<h5>Date:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">11\/11\/2022<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Funding Amount:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">$4,752.41<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Department:<\/h5>\n<p>Steve Sanghi College of Engineering<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/02\/Green-Fund-Project-Proposal-Radiative_Passive_Cooling.docx-1.pdf\">Supporting Documents<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2198,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5387","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5408,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5387\/revisions\/5408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}