Multifunctional building component
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1. A multifunctional building component comprisinga structural element;
- a color-changing element;
an insulation element to limit heat transfer; and
an energy-harvesting element, an optional energy storage element, and an energy distribution element.
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Abstract
A multifunctional building component is capable of serving as one or more of a window, a wall, a shading device, a roofing element, a color panel, a display, and an energy harvesting, storage, and distribution element.
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1. A multifunctional building component comprising
a structural element; -
a color-changing element; an insulation element to limit heat transfer; and an energy-harvesting element, an optional energy storage element, and an energy distribution element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A multifunctional building component comprising
a structural element; -
an insulation element capable of serving as a bandblock filter; a color-changing element capable of serving as one or more of an optical attenuator, an optical downconverter, or an energy harvesting element; an energy storage element for storage of light, heat, electrical, or vibration energy; and an energy distribution element for distribution of light, heat, electrical, or vibration energy from the energy storage element, wherein a color state of the color-changing element, under control of an external control signal, is used to regulate a flow of energy into the energy storage element and to regulate a release of energy through the energy distribution element in the form of heat, light, electricity, or vibration. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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