Barocal is developing breakthrough technologies to decarbonise the cooling and heating sector, which accounts for 50% of final energy consumption globally. A spin-out from the laboratories of Professor Xavier Moya in Materials Science and Metallurgy, its innovation is based on 15 years of research at the University of Cambridge.
Barocal secured a £1.3 million investment to develop its patented material. This solid-state material can replace all greenhouse gases in the heating and cooling industry. This “barocaloric” material releases and absorbs heat at different pressures making it more efficient, easier to recycle and removes all the fugitive emissions from an industry that contributes significantly to the current greenhouse effect.
