Barocal was recently featured in an AFP piece exploring the future of air conditioning and how solid-state materials could reshape the way we cool our homes, buildings, and data centres.
The article focuses on the barocaloric materials we’ve been developing—solid substances that heat up and cool down under pressure, without relying on polluting gases. These materials are at the heart of the technology we’re building into a new generation of cooling systems.
The feature includes a visit to our lab, a look at our early prototypes, and interviews with Prof. Xavier Moya, who leads our technical work and founded Barocal after over a decade of research at the University of Cambridge. It also covers some of the big questions: how this technology compares to current systems, where we’re heading next, and what challenges we still need to solve.
We’re glad to see more public conversation around clean cooling—especially as demand continues to grow globally.
You can read the full article here.