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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Lynn Loo, the Theodora D. '78 and William H. Walton III '74 Professor in Engineering and Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, will discuss emerging smart-window technology that will save energy and make buildings more comfortable for the people who use them in her lecture, "Making Smart Windows Smarter." Loo, who is PEI associated faculty, is the second speaker in the Fall 2017 PEI Faculty Seminar Series. Lunch will be served at noon in the Guyot Atrium.

Heating, cooling and lighting buildings represents 40 percent of our nation’s energy consumption. Smart windows can reduce these energy needs by up to 40 percent by regulating incoming visible and near-infrared light. Loo will describe a self-powered smart-window technology that uses UV-harvesting organic solar cells for on-board power. Highlighted in The Wall Street Journal, these smart windows could save energy and make buildings more comfortable for the people who use them.