Stay cool with Stay-Kool

The new Japanese nano technology Stay-Kool has turned to be a knight in shining armour for the National Art Center of Japan. Reason?  It saves a whopping 25 per cent energy using Stay-Kool technology. National Art Center Tokyo is the largest museum in Japan and boasts of one of the most expensive glass structures in the world.

The elaborate glass surface sprawls across a good 4,700 sq mt, also making way for a large amount of solar radiation to penetrate inside the glass structure. To cope with this issue the art centre required massive air-conditioning even in the winters. The load was substantial in the summers as well.

The art center began desperately looking out for ways to address these energy issues. The museum needed abundant sunlight but cooler interiors. And thus to fulfill this wish of theirs came the knight in shining armour-Stay Kool.  In January 2011, team Stay-Kool cleaned and micro-coated the massive 4,700 sq mt glass structure from inside the building.

The Results- energy saving:

The initiative led by the museum resulted into massive energy savings. They saved upto 25 per cent energy in summers with an average high cooling of their air –conditioning maintained at 35C. The energy savings for the winter months were around 15 per cent with an average cooling high maintained at 5-10C. The estimated payback period on investment in micro-coating is 1.7 years.

Najib Razak, Prime minister of Malaysia with Yagisawa, founder, Stay-Kool, says, “STAY-KOOL for cars is being rolled out with local partners in Malaysia - it is approximately 50 per cent cheaper than leading films and provides equal or better protection than the leading solar films available in the market.”