...some point that focus will expand to include residential buildings. When this happens, QinetiQ, company spun out of the UK's Ministry of Defense research group, will be ready to supply an insulating paint that will reduce the demand for heating and cooling, and thus improve the energy efficiency of homes.

Insulating materials currently used in today's buildings largely rely on conduction or convection to move heat to or away from desired areas. Very few materials, though, control the transfer of energy that occurs by means of thermal radiation, according to Dr. Eoin S. O'Keefe, QinetiQ Fellow and senior technical consultant for stealth materials with the company.

There are paints that possess some radiative energy control...

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