Industry Renewable energy Founded 1989 | Headquarters Hägersten-Liljeholmen | |
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Key people Karl Bohman, CEO
Göran Bolin, CTO and vice president Divisions ClimateWell Core Technologies Type of business AB (publ) (Publikt aktiebolag) |
Eti s deborah stubbs announces the appointment of climatewell
ClimateWell, or CW, is a multinational cleantech company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The company and its business partners install energy efficient solar energy solutions that provide cooling and heating, plus heat tap water in commercial buildings, hospitals, factories, hotels, offices, multi family homes and single family homes around the world. Solutions are installed both in new construction projects and retrofitted to existing buildings.
Contents
- Eti s deborah stubbs announces the appointment of climatewell
- People
- Awards
- Recognitions
- History
- Solar cooling
- References
Following the Technology Pioneer Award received in 2007 at the World Economic Forum, TIME Magazine wrote about ClimateWell.
ClimateWell owns the trademark to the industry term Solar Cooling.
People
The company's innovations are credited to Göran Bolin, chief technical officer and vice president, and Ray Olsson, senior chemical researcher. Bolin also runs ClimateWell Core Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on mass-producing cooling components with no CO2 emissions.
Per Olofsson, former CEO, was nominated in 2007 for the "European of the Year" and "Business Leader of the Year" award by The Economist, in its European Voice publication.
Awards
ClimateWell has won the following awards for its breakthrough technology:
Recognitions
ClimateWell has been recognized in the following lists and publications:
History
ClimateWell was formed in 2001 from the acquisition of SunCool by Göran Bolin's solar collector manufacturer Solsam Sunergy. Bolin became interested in the salt-based triple state absorption process that transformed heat into cooling without using electricity. He envisioned "solar cooling" by commercializing the technology in places with plenty of solar irradiation.
The company's first "Solar Cooling" units were sold and installed as early as 2003.
The construction of a production plant in Olvega, Spain was completed in 2008. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden honored the production plant in September 2009 accompanied by a delegation from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Orders and installations were also sent to high-temperature places in Italy, Dubai and Australia.
Solar cooling
"Solar cooling" is the process of turning the solar irradiation, via hot water, into cooling without using electricity. Solar Cooling means using a solar thermal collector (i.e. not photovoltaics). The months of the year which require the most cooling also offer the most sunlight. Environmentally friendly cooling systems provide cooling without escalating the CO2 emission problem.