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Aerogel Wonder Material for Climate-Resilient Buildings
29 October 2022
Wonder Material Aerogel could be the key to Climate-Resilient Buildings
Article by Pitamber Kaushik
Aerogel hand – a block of silica aerogel:

photo Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech – NASA Stardust Website (Public Domain)
Aerogel Wonder Material for Buildings
Intensifying with each passing year, Climate Change is wreaking havoc around the world and heatwaves are one of its deadliest manifestations. From China to the US, heat waves are shattering historic records, precipitating ramifications ranging from upset livelihoods, impeded economic growth, and disrupted power supply to worsening mental health, increasing incidences of stroke, and increased risk of stillbirths, among others. According to the World Meteorological Association, there is now a 50% chance of the average annual global temperature touching the 1.5 degree mark above pre-industrial level for at least one year in the next five years. The 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report showed that human-made climate change had caused a 1.1 degree rise in average global temperature since the second half of the 19th century, and the rise would reach a consolidated 1.5 degrees expectedly in the next two decades. Coastal and island societies and economies would be the worst-hit. The Global South is likely to be disproportionately affect...