Various embodiments of air conditioner units are detailed. Such air conditioner units may use multiple air ventilation chambers arranged on both an indoor and outdoor portion of the air conditioner unit. A through-unit window may be present that permits an unobstructed view through the air conditioner unit between the first air ventilation chamber and the second air ventilation chamber.

An active insulated assembly for controlling heat transfer through insulated assemblies. The active insulated assembly includes a thermal conductor configured to actively move thermal energy from the active insulated assembly. The active insulated assembly also includes a first radiant barrier on a first side of the thermal conductor configured to reflect radiant energy back to its source and allow the assembly to resist heat transfer in either direction. The active insulated assembly further includes a second radiant barrier on a second side of the thermal conductor wherein the second side is opposite the first side, the second radiant barrier configured to reflect radiant energy back to its source and allow the assembly to resist heat transfer in either direction.

A device for climate control of a building (20), in which flatly formed external temperature elements (5) at least partially cover an outer side of the building (20), wherein the external temperature-control elements (5) are settable to a predefinable temperature value. Furthermore, a temperature-control element (5) and a method for climate control of a building (20) are specified.

An active insulated assembly for controlling heat transfer through insulated assemblies. The active insulated assembly includes a thermal conductor configured to actively move thermal energy from the active insulated assembly. The active insulated assembly also includes a first radiant barrier on a first side of the thermal conductor configured to reflect radiant energy back to its source and allow the assembly to resist heat transfer in either direction. The active insulated assembly further includes a second radiant barrier on a second side of the thermal conductor wherein the second side is opposite the first side, the second radiant barrier configured to reflect radiant energy back to its source and allow the assembly to resist heat transfer in either direction.

A construction thermoacoustic partition to isolate areas from external or internal environments, refrigeration, and vehicles. The partition consists of a frame with airtightly glued insulating panels, transparent or not. If glass pane, frame, and panels are glued, they create an airtight chamber where pressure, light and solar tracking sensors are located. In its internal perimeter it has photovoltaic cells and a blind whose sheets are photovoltaic cells that make it self-sufficient in energy. The profile of the frame has channels to circulate air, where electric resistance is located, which in winter raises the temperature of the panel edges, in another, fans, temperature sensors, micro-pump, wires and reinforcements are located. The horizontal planes that create these channels have coextruded thermoacoustic bridges. It has a microprocessor with automatic or digitally modified instructions, with voice and remotely, so that components act in real time, depending to changes in the environment, which can be with Artificial Intelligence.

Various embodiments of air conditioner units are detailed. Such air conditioner units may use multiple air ventilation chambers arranged on both an indoor and outdoor portion of the air conditioner unit. A through-unit window may be present that permits an unobstructed view through the air conditioner unit between the first air ventilation chamber and the second air ventilation chamber.

Various air conditioner systems and methods are presented. An air ventilation chamber assembly may include a first chamber and a second chamber through which air is circulated into an environment to be cooled. A cooling element of a heat pump, may pass through the first chamber of the air ventilation chamber assembly, wherein the cooling element does not pass through the second chamber of the air ventilation chamber assembly. A Peltier cooler may be present that has a cold side and a hot side. The cold side may be is thermodynamically coupled with a surface of the second chamber.

The invention relates to a double-faade arrangement (1) for a construction (70), in particular a building, a bridge support, a bridge pier or a noise barrier wall, comprising a double faade (20) for generating a vertically directed air flow (50) by means of the chimney effect. Here, the double faade (20) comprises an inner faade (21) and an outer faade (22), wherein a faade interspace (23) for guiding the air flow (50) is situated between the inner faade (21) and the outer faade (22), wherein the inner faade (21) delimits the faade interspace (23) towards the construction (70), and the outer faade (22) delimits the faade interspace (23) towards the surroundings (60) of the construction (70). Furthermore, the double faade (20) comprises an air inlet (24) to allow the air flow (50) with air from the surroundings (60) to be let into the faade interspace (23) and, arranged above the air inlet (24), an air outlet (25) to allow at least some of the air flow (50) to be let out of the faade interspace (23). Moreover, the double-faade arrangement (1) comprises a carbon dioxide separator device (2) for separating at least some of the carbon dioxide from the air of the air flow (50). Furthermore, the invention relates to a construction (70), in particular a building, a bridge support or a bridge pier having such a double-faade arrangement (1). In addition, the invention relates to the use of such a double-faade arrangement (1) or construction (70) having such a double-faade arrangement (1) for generating a vertically directed air flow (50) by means of the chimney effect and for separating carbon dioxide from the air of the air flow (50).

Passive cooling article (120) includes a plurality of first elements (122) defining a high absorbance in the atmospheric window wavelength range and defining high average reflectance in the solar wavelength range and a plurality of second elements (124) defining a low absorbance in the atmospheric window wavelength range and defining high average reflectance in the solar wavelength range, wherein the plurality of first (122) and second (124) elements are interspersed to form a major structure having a first major surface (130) comprising the first element outer surfaces (126) and the second element outer surfaces (128), wherein the first element outer surfaces (126) face a first direction toward a first end region (136) of the major structure (130) and the second element outer surfaces (128) face a second direction toward a second end region (136) of the major structure. The article (120) may be applied to a substrate (104), for example, on a generally vertical surface of a vehicle or stationary structure.

The disclosure includes a method comprising determining that solar heat gain exists in trapped air between a window shade and a window and opening a controllable damper to exhaust the trapped air. The method may also include obtaining occupancy data about an occupant based on at least one of a home automation system or a security system. The method may also include forecasting, using a sky camera and historical sky conditions, sky conditions associated with a building; and determining, based on the forecasted sky conditions, a setting for at least one of a lighting system or an HVAC system associated with the building. The method may also include changing a timing of an automation routine for adjusting window shades to minimize an impact on peak demand energy usage.