SPACECOOL List of News Articles

We are pleased to announce that our developed and marketed daytime radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL" has received the "Excellence Award" at the Tokyo Venture Technology Award for the fiscal year 2024, which honors innovative and promising products, technologies, and services from small and medium-sized enterprises in Tokyo. 【About the Tokyo Venture Technology Award】 This award, hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, recognizes innovative and promising products, technologies, and services developed by small and medium-sized enterprises in Tokyo that leverage their technological capabilities. The main evaluation criteria include "novelty and creativity," "technical completeness," "uniqueness," "marketability," and "growth potential." This year's award ceremony will be held on November 21 (Thursday) at Tokyo Big Sight, where our material was selected for the Excellence Award from a total of 137 entries. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20241121/

We are pleased to announce that on November 14, 2024 (Thursday), at the large conference "GRIC2024," which connects domestic growth industries with the world, we received the sponsor award from our sponsors, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and Woven Capital Management Company, L.L.C., during the pitch contest "GRIC PITCH." In this pitch contest, out of 17 participating startups, we were the only company to receive sponsor awards from two companies, which highly evaluated our radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL" as a technology contributing to carbon neutrality. 【GRIC2024】 This is one of Japan's largest conferences, held for the fifth time, with the purpose of "Globalizing Japan's Startup Ecosystem." It was conducted in a hybrid format with online streaming and an offline venue, and "GRIC PITCH" took place on the final day of the three-day event from November 12 (Tuesday) to 14 (Thursday) at Shibuya Hikarie Hall. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20241115/

We would like to announce that our company will attend the award ceremony for the Tokyo Venture Technology Award, which will be held at Tokyo Big Sight on November 21, 2024, and will also exhibit a booth in the "Tokyo Venture Technology Award Zone" at the Industrial Exchange Exhibition 2024, taking place at the same venue from November 20 to 22. 【About the Tokyo Venture Technology Award】 This award recognizes innovative and promising products, technologies, and services developed by small and medium-sized enterprises in Tokyo that leverage their technological capabilities. The main evaluation criteria include "novelty and creativity," "technical completeness," "uniqueness," "marketability," and "growth potential." 【About the Industrial Exchange Exhibition 2024】 This exhibition gathers small and medium-sized enterprises with passion and ambition that actively engage in the development of various new products and services that will shape the future, as well as collaboration and co-creation with other companies, to challenge themselves in acquiring new business opportunities and exploring markets. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20241030/

We are pleased to announce that our company, in collaboration with Nichimou Co., Ltd., has introduced the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL," which can dissipate heat into space and cool without energy, to address the challenges posed by extreme heat in the fishing industry, where stable transportation of catches is becoming increasingly difficult. This is the first time this technology has been implemented in the fishing industry. The introduction has already begun in Chiba Prefecture, starting with the purse seine fishing boats "Kinsei Maru" and "Ito Maru." [To reduce ice melting and allow fishermen to focus on fishing without unnecessary tasks] Nichimou, one of the distributors of this material and possessing expertise in marine technology such as research and development of fishing nets and gear, has introduced this material for the first time on the Chiba-registered purse seine fishing boats "Kinsei Maru" and "Ito Maru." It was confirmed that the temperature inside the ice storage hold decreased by approximately 3°C compared to when it was covered with conventional cooling sheets. As a result, fishermen can use ice economically and systematically, and without the need to manage ice, they can focus on fishing without worrying about the freshness of their catch or the timing of their return, even during large hauls. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20241021/

We are pleased to announce that our company has been selected as a virtual exhibitor at the "Japan Pavilion" established by the Ministry of the Environment at "COP29" to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. We will showcase examples of carbon neutrality in buildings utilizing the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL." In the past, we participated in the "Japan Pavilion" at COP27 and COP28 with physical exhibits, but at COP29, we will conduct a virtual exhibition without geographical constraints for visitors. We will focus on demonstrating the effectiveness of "SPACECOOL" in suppressing temperature rise in buildings and reducing air conditioning energy consumption, contributing to carbon neutrality. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20241018/

We are pleased to announce that our daytime radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL," which cools by dissipating heat into space with zero energy, has won the Good Design Gold Award for the fiscal year 2024. Furthermore, the Good Design Gold Award will be a candidate for the upcoming Good Design Grand Prize. 【What is the daytime radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL"?】 It is a new material that blocks heat from sunlight and the atmosphere, allowing heat to be released into space through the principle of radiative cooling, thereby enabling a temperature drop below the outside air temperature with zero energy. By applying this material to facilities exposed to direct sunlight, such as buildings and outdoor electrical equipment, it can suppress temperature rises without emitting CO2, contribute to the realization of carbon neutrality, and potentially improve measures against heatstroke and enhance labor productivity. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20241016/

Our company will begin a demonstration test to measure the environmental improvement effects of "SPACECOOL," a radiation cooling material developed and sold by us, as part of our new efforts to achieve decarbonization in collaboration with Tokyo Metropolitan Government. This material will be adopted for use on Tokyo's municipal buses and bus stops. Recently, our technology was evaluated as contributing to the theme of "realizing a decarbonized society" in the "Business Proposal System by Startups" solicited by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, leading to the initiation of a new demonstration test aimed at improving energy efficiency with the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL." By applying this material to the roofs of two designated municipal buses, we will suppress the interior temperature and measure the reduction in air conditioning energy consumption. Additionally, we will verify whether applying it to the roofs of bus stop shelters can improve the hot environment during waiting times. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20241009/

SPACECOOL Inc., which develops and sells the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL" that releases heat into space to achieve zero-energy cooling, has been selected in the "ESG/Impact" category of the 2024 edition of Weekly Toyo Keizai's "100 Amazing Ventures." ■ What is "100 Amazing Ventures"? "100 Amazing Ventures" is an annual feature that introduces 100 promising ventures aiming to become unicorns, selected by the editorial team of Toyo Keizai from among those with unique business models and advanced technologies. Our company has been chosen as one of the companies in the 2024 "ESG/Impact" category as an impact startup aiming to contribute to the realization of a carbon-neutral society through radiative cooling materials that release heat into space, balancing the resolution of social issues with sustainable growth. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240917/

Our company and Ronseal Industrial Co., Ltd. have begun testing the introduction of waterproof sheets utilizing the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL" as part of the decarbonization efforts of Netz Toyota Saitama Co., Ltd., aimed at reducing air conditioning energy in stores. This is the first time this product will be introduced in an automobile dealer showroom. The radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL" can cool by releasing heat into outer space under direct sunlight, achieving zero energy consumption. By integrating it with Ronseal Industrial's waterproof sheets, we can realize both energy savings and the waterproof performance of building rooftops. As a result of applying this product to the rooftop of the Netz Toyota Saitama Kumagaya store, we confirmed that while the temperature of the surrounding roads was approximately 59°C, the surface temperature of the building's rooftop was kept to about 39°C. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240911/

The lithium-ion battery reverse logistics solution "LiBerth Reverse," provided by the major international logistics company Nisshin Corporation, has adopted the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL," developed and sold by our company. ■ What is "LiBerth Reverse"? It is a reverse logistics solution for safely transporting and storing used lithium-ion batteries, featuring safe and efficient logistics functions tailored to the characteristics and conditions of lithium-ion batteries. ■ Adoption of the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL" and verification tests The adoption of this material as a heat insulation measure for the container-type dedicated lithium-ion battery container "LiB Container" (available in 20ft and 40ft sizes) provided by Reverse significantly reduces the risks associated with transporting and storing lithium-ion batteries, even during summer. In verification tests where this material was applied to the surface of the LiB Container (20ft), it was confirmed that, even with the container's thick insulation structure, the internal temperature could be maintained below the target temperature of 35°C during summer. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240904/

SPACECOOL Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that, with the support of Osaka Prefecture's "Carbon Neutral Technology Development and Demonstration Project," it has completed the development and demonstration of the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL" applied to building materials, specifically the "Roof Shade (Haze Type and Stacked Type)," and has brought it to market. In the fiscal year 2023, with the support of this project, we developed building materials that apply the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL," which can cool with zero energy under direct sunlight, to the roofs of buildings, and verified its effectiveness in reducing indoor air conditioning energy and CO2 emissions. As a result of this achievement, we have completed the development and demonstration of the "Roof Shade (Haze Type and Stacked Type)" that incorporates SPACECOOL into corrugated roofs, leading to its market release. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240809/

We are pleased to announce that the new product "Tubing," utilizing the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL" developed and sold by SPACECOOL Co., Ltd., will be released by Kanbou Plus Co., Ltd. starting July 2024. This material possesses world-class radiation cooling performance, capable of reducing temperatures below the ambient temperature with zero energy under direct sunlight, and is being used as a heat mitigation measure for outdoor facilities. Kanbou Plus has now launched the new product "Tubing," which allows for easy attachment and detachment using hook-and-loop fasteners or zippers. This makes it easier to install on cylindrical equipment, such as outdoor water pipes and gas cylinders, where temperature control is necessary. For details on the specifications of Tubing and the results of verification tests, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240724/

SPACECOOL Co., Ltd. announces that it will sponsor SPACECOOL roofing sheets as a venue development sponsor and SPACECOOL tents and SPACECOOL large umbrellas as an operational sponsor at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Yumeshima, which will be held from April 13 to October 13, 2025. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240722/

We are pleased to announce that the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL," developed and sold by SPACECOOL Corporation, has been adopted for the outdoor remote monitoring and control panels of gas supply facilities owned by Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd. For gas supply operators, it is essential to control gas pressure and remotely operate valves to ensure the safe and stable supply of gas to customers. These remote monitoring control panels are installed outdoors, and particularly in summer, direct sunlight can cause the temperature inside the panels to rise, triggering high-temperature alerts and potentially leading to equipment failures. In response to these challenges, Hokkaido Gas, which faced similar issues, focused on the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL," which can cool without energy consumption under direct sunlight. They have introduced SPACECOOL to approximately 350 outdoor remote monitoring control panels. Furthermore, by adopting SPACECOOL in newly installed control panels, they aim to address the aforementioned challenges and ensure a safer and more stable gas supply, especially during the anticipated heatwaves this summer and beyond. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240704/

SPACECOOL Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that it, along with Seiritsu Industrial Co., Ltd. and Takenaka Corporation, has been jointly awarded the "Best Development Award" in the Technical Division of the 35th Electric Equipment Society Awards for the development of the "COOL Distribution Board," which can suppress temperature increases within distribution boards caused by direct sunlight using zero energy. About the 35th Electric Equipment Society Awards This award is hosted by the Electric Equipment Society, a general incorporated association, to honor the achievements of its members. There are three categories: Academic Division, Technical Division, and Technical Promotion Division. Our company received the Best Development Award, which is given for the most outstanding achievements in the Technical Division. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240610/

SPACECOOL Co., Ltd. will exhibit at the specialized exhibition "Heat Wave Countermeasures Exhibition," which focuses on solving challenges related to heat, to be held at Marine Messe Fukuoka from June 19 (Wednesday) to June 20 (Thursday), 2024, and at Tokyo Big Sight from July 24 (Wednesday) to July 26 (Friday), 2024. At the Kyushu Heat Wave Countermeasures Exhibition, we will have a booth where visitors can experience SPACECOOL's performance, including product samples and solution case displays. At the Tokyo Heat Wave Countermeasures Exhibition, we will focus on displaying heat countermeasure goods that can be used in daily life utilizing SPACECOOL. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240611/

SPACECOOL Co., Ltd. will exhibit at the "GX Innovation Exhibition" within the "AXIA EXPO 2024," which will be held from June 5 (Wednesday) to June 7 (Friday), 2024, at the Aichi Prefectural International Exhibition Center. This exhibition gathers solutions related to GX, such as renewable energy and decarbonization technologies, aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2025. "AXIA EXPO 2024" is the first exhibition this year focused on next-generation smart cities and energy. The venue will consist of the "Hydrogen and Ammonia Next-Generation Energy Exhibition," "Next-Generation Communication Tech," and "GX Innovation Exhibition," showcasing products, technologies, and solutions that contribute to achieving carbon neutrality. Our company will participate in the "GX Innovation Exhibition" to showcase our radiative cooling material, "SPACECOOL," which we develop and sell. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240604/

SPACECOOL Inc. attended the "Japan-Saudi Vision 2030 Business Forum" held in Tokyo on May 21, 2024, where our CEO and CTO, Masahiro Suemitsu, participated as a panelist in a discussion on building collaboration in the manufacturing sector between Japan and Saudi Arabia. The "Japan-Saudi Vision 2030 Business Forum" was held as an event to further develop business relations between Japan and Saudi Arabia, featuring a presentation from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Investment and several panel discussions by domestic and international companies. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240522/

SPACECOOL Co., Ltd., in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation and Longseal Industrial Co., Ltd., has commenced a joint demonstration test of the SPACECOOL waterproof sheet (tentative name) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation's Shinagawa Bus Operating Station, aimed at reducing air conditioning energy consumption at the Toei Bus operating stations during the summer. This is the first joint demonstration of the SPACECOOL waterproof sheet in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation has faced the challenge of significantly increased electricity consumption at its operating stations due to air conditioning use during the summer each year. In this context, they have focused on the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL," which can provide cooling with zero energy under direct sunlight, leading to the decision to conduct a joint demonstration test at the Shinagawa Bus Operating Station to address the aforementioned issue. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240501/

SPACECOOL Inc. was the only company invited to the Stakeholder Meeting hosted by PaRaMetriC (a joint research project aimed at standardizing radiative cooling materials funded by the European Partnership on Metrology (21GRD03-PaRaMetriC Consortium)) in Paris on April 17 (Wednesday). We delivered a presentation on the potential and future outlook of radiative cooling materials from our perspective and engaged in discussions with PaRaMetriC. Radiative cooling materials have recently been recognized as a promising solution for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in various application areas such as building cooling, refrigeration, and thermal management. However, there is a lack of standards and methodologies for evaluating their cooling performance, which has posed a challenge in establishing industry standards. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240419/

We are pleased to announce that the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL," manufactured and sold by SPACECOOL Co., Ltd., will be exhibited in the facility area of the "Jumbo Surprise Exhibition," which will be held at Intex Osaka from April 12 (Friday) to April 13 (Saturday) and at Tokyo Big Sight from April 19 (Friday) to April 20 (Saturday), as a solution towards achieving a decarbonized society. The "Jumbo Surprise Exhibition" is one of the largest comprehensive exhibitions in the industry, gathering around 200 specialized manufacturers of electrical materials, housing equipment, information equipment, tools, and industrial machinery. In the theme zone where SPACECOOL will be displayed, proposals for a sustainable society of the near future will be presented from both housing and facility perspectives. This material will be introduced as a solution contributing to the realization of a decarbonized society in the facility area, with a corner where visitors can touch and experience its effects, as well as displays of products and solution examples that actually use this material.

SPACECOOL Co., Ltd. will hold a webinar on April 25 (Thursday), inviting Mr. Saito Sudo, the President of White Rose Co., Ltd., a long-established umbrella manufacturer for the imperial family. The webinar will introduce the background of the development of the "SPACECOOL Umbrella," which utilizes the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL," as well as future developments. If you are considering handling heat improvement products for daily life, please join us. ■Application Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBRgLA15vmEgT-N-iVUo7RVSyllHiZPuh9_xqg2wCSAogxrw/viewform *Please note that the application deadline is April 24 (Wednesday) at 12:00 PM. *We kindly ask representatives from competing companies to refrain from participating. If you apply, we may contact you to decline your participation. If you are interested in the SPACECOOL Umbrella or are considering handling heat countermeasure products in your company, please join us and consider the introduction of the SPACECOOL Umbrella.

SPACECOOL Inc., which develops and sells the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL," is pleased to announce that this material has been newly adopted in communication facilities owned by QTnet, a company engaged in telecommunications in the Kyushu region, with construction set to be completed at 16 communication facilities by July 2024. This marks the first adoption of this material in the information and communication industry based in the Kyushu region. Previously, QTnet experienced issues during the summer when sunlight entered through the ceilings of communication facilities, causing internal temperatures to rise and triggering temperature rise alerts frequently. Additionally, the internal temperatures exceeded the air conditioning settings significantly, leading to increased power consumption, prompting the search for a solution. To address the rise in internal temperatures, the material was tested on the entire surface of the facilities, resulting in a maximum internal temperature reduction of 5.3°C and an average reduction of 3.6°C. This allowed for an increase in the air conditioning setting by up to 4°C, contributing to reduced power consumption, which led to its adoption. For more details, please check the press release. https://spacecool.jp/news/20240402/

We are pleased to announce that MSPC Co., Ltd. will begin selling the bag series "SPACECOOL × master-piece Collaboration Series," which uses the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL" (hereinafter referred to as "the material") developed and sold by SPACECOOL Co., Ltd., starting from Friday, April 5, 2024. This series features new bags from the bag brand "master-piece" that utilize the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL," which can lower temperatures below the outside temperature without using energy under direct sunlight. Tests conducted during the daytime when the outside temperature was around 20°C showed that the "temperature on the underside of the flap" was over 20°C and the "internal temperature of the bag" was over 6°C lower in bags using SPACECOOL compared to those not using it, leading to the commercialization of this product. Additionally, this series has been selected as one of the top three new bag highlights in the feature article "Bag of the Year 2024" in the trend magazine "MonoMax," making it a product that has already garnered attention this spring.

We are pleased to announce that White Rose Co., Ltd. has started pre-sales today for the "SPACECOOL Umbrella," which uses the radiation cooling material "SPACECOOL" developed and sold by SPACECOOL Co., Ltd., on the crowdfunding platform "CAMPFIRE." This product contributes to measures against the increasingly harsh heat environment in recent years. - Project Name: SPACECOOL Umbrella that Releases Heat into Space - Implementation Period: March 28, 2024 (Thursday) to May 12, 2024 (Sunday) - Expected Delivery: After June 2024 - Project Page: https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/737465?utm_campaign=cp_po_share_c_msg_mypage_projects_show For detailed features of the SPACECOOL Umbrella, please check the following page: https://spacecool.jp/news/20240328/

We are pleased to announce that "SPACECOOL," a zero-energy radiative cooling material developed and sold by SPACECOOL Co., Ltd., has been adopted as an optional product called "COOL WING" for gas engine heat pumps (hereinafter referred to as "GHP"), which will be launched for sale on April 1, 2024, by Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., its wholly-owned subsidiary Daigas Energy Co., Ltd., and Yanmar Energy System Co., Ltd. This marks the first adoption of radiative cooling materials in the air conditioning industry (*). This material is a radiative cooling material that can lower temperatures below the outside air temperature without using energy, even under direct sunlight. COOL WING consists of this material adhered to a stainless steel hood, covering the heat exchanger portion of the GHP outdoor unit, which is expected to reduce the intake temperature in hot environments and contribute to energy savings and CO2 reduction. For detailed features of COOL WING, please refer to the following link: https://www.osakagas.co.jp/company/press/pr2024/1777757_56470.html (*) As of March 2024, based on a survey by Daigas Energy in Japan.

SPACECOOL Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") will hold a webinar on March 21 (Thursday), inviting Mr. Shimizu, Executive Officer and Head of the Overseas Business Division of Rekam Co., Ltd., which has a strong sales network in Southeast Asia and has entered into a sales agreement with the Company. The webinar will introduce the reasons why Rekam focused on the radiative cooling material "SPACECOOL," examples of its use overseas, and future developments. ■ Application Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8JFckvYTa3ObJyVUc0QSxLhIiGQ3-b8fNegpIJDRwo_4y_w/viewform *Please note that the application deadline is March 19 (Tuesday) at 12:00 PM. *We kindly ask that competitors and general customers refrain from participating. If you apply, we may contact you to decline your participation. ■ Content - Product performance of SPACECOOL - Reasons why Rekam Co., Ltd. focused on SPACECOOL, examples of its use overseas, and future developments - Talk session - Q&A session

SPACECOOL Inc. will exhibit at the J-Startup Pavilion of "LEAP2024," the largest global tech event in the Middle East, hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Saudi Arabia from March 4 (Monday) to March 7 (Thursday), 2024, as one of the 10 leading startup companies representing Japan. Our developed and sold radiative cooling material, "SPACECOOL," blocks over 95% of heat from sunlight and the atmosphere under direct sunlight, not only suppressing heat absorption but also utilizing the principle of radiative cooling to release over 95% of heat into space. This enables a temperature reduction below that of the outside air with zero energy, making it an optical film with world-class radiative cooling performance. In regions with harsh hot environments, including the Middle East, this material can contribute value in various scenarios, such as improving heat-related challenges, enhancing energy efficiency, and realizing a carbon-neutral society. Through this exhibition, we aim to accelerate our efforts with local partners in regions facing severe heat issues, including the Middle East, and contribute to global decarbonization and climate change measures. Overview: https://onegiantleap.com/