{"id":209203,"date":"2025-03-20T00:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/a-new-nanoplastic-paves-the-way-for-sustainable-street-lighting"},"modified":"2025-03-20T00:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:06:17","slug":"a-new-nanoplastic-paves-the-way-for-sustainable-street-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/a-new-nanoplastic-paves-the-way-for-sustainable-street-lighting","title":{"rendered":"A new nanoplastic paves the way for sustainable street lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-new-nanoplastic-paves-the-way-for-sustainable-street-lighting.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study resulting from a collaboration between King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) shows how nanomaterials can significantly reduce the carbon emissions of LED (light-emitting diode) streetlights. The research team estimates that by adopting this technology, the United States alone can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than one million metric tons.<\/p>\n<p>The findings are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41377-024-01724-7\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Light: Science &amp; Applications.<\/p>\n<p>The nanomaterial, called nanoPE, enhances the emission of thermal radiation from the surface of the LED to reduce the LED temperature. LEDs generate heat, which raises their temperature and risks damaging the LED electronics and shortening the LED\u2019s lifespan. In fact, approximately 75% of the input energy in LEDs is eventually lost as heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study resulting from a collaboration between King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) shows how nanomaterials can significantly reduce the carbon emissions of LED (light-emitting diode) streetlights. The research team estimates that by adopting this technology, the United States alone can reduce carbon [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-nanotechnology","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}