Exhibition showcases heat adaptation technologies

By Esme Yeh / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source The Ministry of Environment has set up an exhibition of heat adaptation products in front of its building to showcase the industry’s development and encourage public participation.The ministry on Thursday held a news conference to unveil the exhibition demonstrating the cooling technologies of a “high-transparency, heat-insulating balloon canopy” and “nano-mineral diffused light net.”Temperatures of 40°C or higher are expected to become the new normal in Taiwan within the next 10 years due to global warming and the urban heat island effect, Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming (彭啟明) said. National Cheng Kung University architecture professor Lin Tzu-ping explains on-site measurement results of heat adaptation products at the Ministry