Management of a thermally regulated structure of an information handling system

A method of controlling a thermally regulated structure of an information handling system, including:

• detecting a first temperature at a particular location of the information handling system associated with the thermally regulated structure, the thermally regulated structure including i) a thermal fabric layer having a porosity and ii) a laminate layer coupled to the thermal fabric layer having a shape that controls the porosity of the thermal fabric layer;
• determining that the first temperature is above a threshold;
• in response to determining that the first temperature is above the threshold:
• calculating a voltage to apply to the thermally regulated structure based on the first temperature;
• and
• providing a command to a voltage source to apply the voltage to the laminate layer of the thermally regulated structure to adjust a shape of the laminate layer such the porosity of the thermal fabric layer provides an emissivity of the thermally regulated structure to thermally radiate heat from the thermally regulated structure.

A thermally regulated apparatus, comprising:

• a thermally regulated structure, including:
• a thermal fabric layer, the thermal fabric layer having a porosity;
• a laminate layer coupled to the thermal fabric layer, wherein a shape of the laminate layer controls the porosity of the thermal fabric layer;
• and
• a thermal management controller in communication with the thermally regulated structure and configured to adjust the shape of the laminate layer, wherein the thermal management controller adjusts the shape of the laminate layer such the porosity of the thermal fabric provides an emissivity of the thermally regulated structure to thermally radiate heat from the thermally regulated structure.