RE: Future for self-tinting windows looks rosy
Jerry,
I couldn?t agree with you more. Furthermore the DOE did release funding in the form of a federal loan not a grant. Though I am new to learn about this technology, I would imagine that both (LC) and (SPD) would have the benefit of complete blackout and that (LC) would have the additional benefit of being able to choose blackout when V applied or no voltage (if power fails without battery backup what state would the user desire the window to be in). This would be helpful in selecting per room also (an office could be transmitted whereas an AV presentation room could be blacked out...assuming during a power outage a conference area would be backed up by a UPS before Generator kicks in). The benefit of (EC) would be that visible light could be transmitted in a static state...though blue would not be my first choice, maybe amber/yellow (around 575nm). This brings up another question, are photo-biologists being consulted on this? It?s great that we save energy, but if we are throwing the occupants of a building into a distressed state what good would it do (see what is happening to some nurses because of high correlated color temperature lamps). I think the goal would be strict GREYSCALE shading (whichever it is done by actual shading or fast switching "pixels" to limit light by area light transmits through but switching on and off in less than 1/60 of a second...in alternating patterns of course). Wow, all this and I too was just trying to do something with my car...glass-top roof for my truck (too large of an area to cover with sliding sunshade).
