Er???? What about that thing in the sky?
that moves around and emits a whole shed load of IR through to UV and beyond?
Namely the Sun.
In a darkend room or deep underground etc yes this might work but outside in the real world with the Sun and a whole host of other IR light sources this would at first glance have very limited applications.
Perhaps after the Yellowstone Caldera blows its top and the dregs of humanity that are left and have to live without the sun and clear skies dor possible decades then this might work.
Skeptic is my middle name.