Coolzy, the principal product of Close Comfort Pty Ltd, is a tiny fridge with a fan that blows a concentrated stream of cool air, creating a micro-climate that cools nearby users in a larger space. Close Comfort designs distributes, and sells Coolzys directly to customers in 32 countries, including Australia, Europe, the USA, Singapore, Indonesia and Pakistan. First launched commercially in 2016, Close Comfort has sold about 14,000 Coolzys.

Today, several billion people sleep and work for months every year in temperatures above the limits of human physiology. However, conventional air conditioning is unaffordable for almost everyone who needs cooling and would raise global greenhouse emissions by about 15% while we need to eliminate greenhouse emissions. Most of the energy a conventional air conditioner uses cools concrete, tiles, timber and bricks, none of which require cooling. Only a minor part of the energy cools people; therefore, a conventional air conditioner’s energy is wasted. Coolzy, on the other hand, concentrates the cooling on nearby people, cooling a small micro-climate within a larger space while using far less energy. Coolzys use between 1/8 and 1/4 of the energy a conventional air conditioner uses. Coolzy technology has created vast new markets for air conditioning because it is so much more affordable and versatile than traditional air conditioners.

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