Rising cooling demand is straining energy and water resources worldwide. SCARCE expores a hybrid cooling technology that combines daytime radiative and evaporative cooling with nighttime self-recharging via atmospheric water harvesting. The project aims to develop a prototype panel and evaluate its performance under realistic conditions. The long-term vision is a scalable, water-efficient cooling system that can retrofit standard HVAC condensers and improve energy efficiency in buildings.
- Field: Thermofluids; Materials engineering
- Laboratory: Energy Transport Advances Laboratory (STI-ETA-LAB)
- Project leaders: Zhengmao Lu and Gautier Rouaze
- Budget: 34’500 CHF