---
title: "Save Energy With Nanotechnology Insulation"
description: "A new next generation insulation material using diatomite, the fossilized remains of single-celled algae called diatoms, could save hundreds of millions of dollars in the US alone"
date: "2014-12-01"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Radu Serban"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/techie1986"
url: "https://futurism.com/save-energy-nanotechnology-insulation"
categories:
  - "Energy"
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Nanotech"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "materials"
---

# Save Energy With Nanotechnology Insulation

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/AkincLab.jpg>)

- Diatoms have silica cell walls and grow just about anywhere there is water and sunshine. The skeletons they leave behind create diatomite. It’s inexpensive and filled with nanopores
- Akinc's discovery could save hundreds of millions of dollars in the United States alone