TP3C's research on intelligent facades has been featured by the Building Design + Construction network. An article "Could ‘smart’ building facades heat and cool buildings?" discusses the development, testing and benefits of active facade systems that integrate thermoelectric materials. Thermoelectric materials are smart materials that can produce a temperature gradient when electricity is applied, exploiting the Peltier effect, or generate a voltage when exposed to a temperature gradient, utilizing the Seebeck effect. When integrated into building enclosures, temperature differential between building's interior and exterior environment could be used to power thermoelectric materials. These novel intelligent facades could be used for heating, cooling and energy generation in a variety of buildings.