Updated Mar 03, 2020
SolCold - Cooling by Sunlight
www.solcold.com
Bar Levy
SolCold is developing special coating, paint and fabric, that use sunlight to cool objects: The stronger the sun, the stronger the cooling effect.
The technology is based on a physical phenomenon named the Anti-Stokes Fluorescence, where we managed to develop a special nano-particle material that harnesses the broad band solar radiation absorbed by sunlight, for cooling.
Specific spectrum of solar wavelengths are being shifted and immediately emitted in higher frequency, which in turn lead to a cooling effect within our material.
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SEE ALLStage 2: Research & Development
SolCold is at the final phase of developing it's first cooling coating material - thin cooling film.
Within Q3-4 of 2020, pilots are expected to be launched with top selected clients and partners, and witness the marvel of cooling by sunlight.
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Focus Areas:
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Key Partner
9
Employees
$4,200,000
Funds Raised to Date
Problem
Cooling objects is one of the largest challenges facing humanity in a warming world. The warmer our environment gets, the more people will want to own and use HVAC systems, leading to increased electricity consumption and air pollution - which further heats the environment and contributes to global warming. P.S. The number of air-conditioning units in the world is forecast to jump to 5.6 billion in 2050, from 1.6 billion as of 1990 - according to IEA statistics.
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Solution
SolCold is working on developing special coating and paint, based on the anti-stokes fluorescence phenomenon, that uses sunlight to create a cooling effect. The material absorbs specific sunlight energy and then emits it at higher frequencies, which contain more energy. As the material losses it's own energy, the temperature is lowered and cooling effect is achieved.
Target Beneficiaries
Our material will benefit the entire plant - throughout various industries:
construction, automotive, agriculture, logistics, aerospace, apparel and many more.
Mission and Vision
Reduce HVAC's energy consumption significantly - help minimize greenhouse effect, and provide a free energy cooling solution for off-grid areas.
Competitive Advantage
Widely used "cooling" materials are the reflective colored filters/paints: these only block sunlight
energy from heating the object (at 40%-95% reflection) - thus, they don't actively cool the
object below the surrounding temperature.
Other future competitors rely on infrared light, which is inefficient in humid environments - while
we’re the first to prove the feasibility of using visible light for cooling.
Planned Goals and Milestones
Complete our first product - a thin film to be utilized as a cooling coating material, which is expected to be launched and tested together with top selected clients and partners during Q3-4 of year 2020.
Next to come - our cooling paint and fabric.
The Team Behind the Innovation
The best of the best! Our R&D team is combined of top experts from the following fields: 1. Materials Engineering (PhD) 2. Chemistry (PhD & MSc) 3. Physics (Prof. & PhD) 4. Mechanical Engineering (MSc) All, led by experienced management team and CEO & Co-Founder - Yaron Shenhav (Multidisciplinary R&D and management), are fully dedicated to provide humanity with the newest cooling solution so far.
Milestone
Jul 2020
Key Partnership
Implementation
May 2020
New Product Or Service
First coating product
Sep 2019
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