Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP210200345
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Tailoring smart film for energy efficient protected cropping. Cooling cost represents a major running cost for greenhouse, preventing the wide adoption of highly beneficial protected cropping technology. This project aims at solving this critical issue by developing a world-first tailored smart film that can simultaneously reject solar heat, cool down the greenhouse and maximise the yields of crops. This is made possible by advanced spectral engineering and light management with frontier nanostructures combined with a scalable and low cost manufacturing process. Deliverables of the project include game-changing energy efficient solutions for protected cropping and marketable smart films readily integratable with existing greenhouse for dramatic energy saving and immediate economic and social benefits.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2023
End Date: 10-2026
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $686,081.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Renewable Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Solar Cells) | Nanomaterials | Functional Materials | Materials Engineering
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Horticultural Crops not elsewhere classified | Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities not elsewhere classified |
