REVOLUTIONISING ENERGY EFFICIENCY ClimateWell® is a Swedish company that is set to make the biggest contribution yet to the reduction in global warming through its hyper-efficient and sustainable heat transfer solutions. Philip Yorke talked to Karl Bohman, the company’s business development director, about the major impact this unique and revolutionary technology will have on the world at large, as well as on our everyday lives.
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limateWell® was founded in Sweden in 2001 by two visionaries: Goran Bolin and Ray Olsson. These remarkable entrepreneurs both shared the same revolutionary idea: a unique thermal heat pump that was highly efficient, economically sustainable and environmentally friendly. The outstanding success of this product soon attracted the support of major investors such as General Electric, as well as leading academics, thus further accelerating the company’s research programme and the advent of even more exciting innovative products to follow.
Dramatically reducing carbon emissions Today ClimateWell® technology renders oil, electricity or gas totally unnecessary for indoor climate solutions, thereby making obsolete the need for expensive air conditioning powered by non-renewable energy sources. 164 Industry Europe
ClimateWell’s energy efficient cooling and heating systems are designed to serve three core energy sectors: Water heaters and boilers; air-conditioning systems for trucks and passenger vehicles; and solar cooling and energy storage systems. The company’s advanced heat transfer systems run on solarpowered hot water rather than electricity in order to maximise energy efficiency. It was the company’s solar powered air-conditioning solutions and zero electricity heat pumps that led to the American industrial giant, General Electric, offering a $100,000 cash award to ClimateWell for further product development. This was with granted with a view to applying ClimateWell’s technology to a wide range of GE appliance businesses. This new heat-transfer technology translates into a significant reduction of power consumption and carbon emissions. While
