The presenter will be Mr. Dudley Williams, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Physics at The UWI Mona and Lead Researcher.  The project was supported by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica.

Thermal regulation under extreme climatic conditions is a major concern for persons rearing livestock as this often leads to increased mortality rates. This project explored climate-resilient cooling solutions to reduce mortality rates, thereby increasing profitability for the farmers. The aim of the initiative was to implement radiative cooling, an unconventional energy method to generate cooling within a building / farm installation.  The objectives were to: (1) Design and develop a device to control temperatures within a given space using radiative cooling; and (2) Test and monitor the device within the agro-industry in Jamaica. The radiative cooling experiments were carried out at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona Campus and the application of insulating material was tested at the Vere Technical High School (VTHS) to demonstrate a simple approach that may be used to generate cooling.  Preliminary results and lessons learnt from this initiative are shared in this presentation.

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