Note to journalists: B-roll and photos of the white paint research are available via Google Drive. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor h

Purdue record for the whitest paint appears in latest edition of 'Guinness World Records'

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2021-09-19 04:00:06

Note to journalists: B-roll and photos of the white paint research are available via Google Drive. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines.

Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, and his students have created the whitest paint on record. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Want to save big on your air conditioning bills? Wait a few years to coat your home with the world’s whitest paint, which may dramatically reduce or even eliminate the need for air conditioning.

The paint, developed at Purdue University, has earned a Guinness World RecordsTM title. The record appears in the 2022 edition of Guinness World Records, available for purchase starting Thursday (Sept. 16).

“When we started this project about seven years ago, we had saving energy and fighting climate change in mind,” said Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue, in a podcast episode of “This Is Purdue.”