SMACool

The project SMACool will develop a functional air-conditiong device for residential buildings, based on the emerging technology of elastocalorics, which uses shape memory alloys as solid-state refrigerants for efficient and sustainable cold (and heat) generation. Elastocalorics is an innovative, disruptive heating and cooling technology with the potential of reaching outstanding energy efficiency and zero global warming potential, using metals as solid-state refrigerant material instead of the harmful fluids used in cooling systems today.