Sumner County, City of Wellington receive $1.4 million grant to test new ceiling tiles in hopes of reduced energy costs

The United States Department of Energy has chosen Sumner County and the City of Wellington to be recipients of a $1.4 million grant testing the use of ceiling tiles in hopes of reducing the cost of cooling, heating and electric demand in six public buildings throughout town. The Sumner County Economic Development Office announced that it is partnering with Insolcorp LLC in North Carolina, the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., and others testing how passive thermal energy storage in roof and ceiling tiles can reduce energy costs in buildings by 20 percent. … The hope is once these tiles are in place, that the cost of heating and cooling these buildings will be significantly reduced.
Source: Sumner NewsCow