title: 3D printing technology speeds development.
abstract: James McGowan, R&D product designer for Monodraught, a specialist in 'natural ventilation, natural daylight, and natural cooling systems', discusses the development of Cool-phase, the company's latest innovative application of phase change material (PCM) as a thermal energy store used to actively ventilate and cool buildings. As he explains, when the company decided to re-design an already successful product to further enhance its performance, the use of 3D modelling greatly speeded up prototyping, and helped the design process progress considerably more quickly.
authors: R&D Department, Monodraught.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: McGowan
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning; D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000379:methods*; D012106:Research; D006113:United Kingdom; D014691:Ventilation