Plastic Wrapped Smart Buildings

“SmartWrap” is a revolutionary building skin made from PET plastic. Hundreds of times lighter than traditional brick and mortar, the building skin has no seams that can leak and just as circuits are printed on plastic for small electronic devices, electronic devices that will insulate, heat, provide power and light can all be printed on to the surface.

These devices include ultrathin solar panels to collect energy and flat chemical batteries to store it, phase change materials to help control temperature and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which illuminate and change colour.

Still in development, SmartWrap could be commercially available within five or 10 years.

Source: Herald Tribune