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“#Can glass made from wood save energy?<\/strong>”
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Trees are usually what we see when looking outside<\/em> our <\/strong>windows. Soon, we may also find trees inside<\/em> windows \u2014 as engineers are now turning to wood as an energy-efficient, alternative material to make glass. <\/p>\n

Scientists with the Forest Products Laboratory, a research arm of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), have developed<\/a> a wood-based material as thin and transparent as glass, yet lighter, more durable and energy-efficient \u2014 with the \u201cpotential to outperform glass \u2026 in nearly every way,\u201d according to<\/a> a recent blog post by the USDA.<\/p>\n

Glass is also costly to produce, creating a burden of 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year during manufacturing, they wrote. <\/p>\n

The wood-based material is not only a boon for building, but for homeowners, too. Glass transfers heat quickly, which leads to higher energy bills has warm air escapes through the window pane during the winter. <\/p>\n

Cellulose fibers as well as an organic polymer called lignin are two primary structural components of a tree\u2019s flesh, neither of which are see-through. It\u2019s thanks to the addition of hydrogen peroxide \u2014 also used in paper production \u2014 that helps create transparency. <\/p>\n

Usually, lignin and cellulose work to absorb and scatter light, while wood\u2019s chromophores, that atom responsible for producing color, make the material app<\/a>ear brown to the human eye. However, hydrogen peroxide can be added to render the chromophores unable to absorb light and produce a color. <\/p>\n

Pressed uber-thin, it causes the reformed wood pulp to appear clear, despite maintaining all the strength and durability of wood. <\/p>\n

The USDA study, which included contributions from researchers at the Universities of Maryland and Colorado, was published<\/a> last year in the Advanced Functional Materials journal.\n <\/div>\n

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