Energy saving analysis of a transparent radiative cooling film for buildings with roof glazing

A transparent radiative cooling(T-RC)film with low transmittance in solar spectra and selectively high emissivity in the atmospheric window(8-13𝜇m)is applied on roof glazing for building energy saving.To evaluate the per-formance of the T-RC film,two identical model boxes(1.0 m×0.6 m×1.2 m,L×W×H)were constructed and the inside air temperatures were measured in August in Ningbo,China.Results show that the maximum temperature difference between the two model boxes with and without the T-RC film was 21.6℃during the experiment.A whole building model was built in EnergyPlus for the model box.With a good agreement achieved between the calculation results and the measured temperature data,the experimentally validated EnergyPlus model was then extended to an 815.1 m^(2)exhibition building with roof glazing to analyze the annual air conditioning(AC)energy consumption.The results show that by incorporating both the T-RC film’s cooling benefit in summer and heating penalty in winter,the annual AC energy consumption of the exhibition building can be reduced by 40.9-63.4%,varying with different climate conditions.