A Cambridge, Massachusetts-based business called Pascal has secured $8 million in seed money to build solid refrigerant-based heat pumps, air conditioners, and freezers.
Investors
- Engine Ventures
- Khosla Ventures
- Blindspot Ventures
- a previous investor
Use of funds
The cash will be used by the firm to grow its staff of mechanical engineers, chemists, and material scientists as well as to productize their solid refrigerant-based low pressure system that complies with commercial HVAC regulations.
About Pascal
Pascal offers a family of solid refrigerants that function at lower pressures and are suitable for use in a variety of HVAC applications, such as freezers, refrigerators, air conditioners, and heat pumps. Pascal is led by CEO Adam Slavney. Using off-the-shelf components from the traditional HVAC component supply chain, its systems may be produced inside the current industrial environment.
Pascal’s technology is beneficial to businesses in the commercial refrigeration supply chain as well as any company that has to provide heating and cooling across several sites. It provides:
- 50% to 80% increase in energy efficiency with no direct refrigerant emissions
- more compact, silent, and secure systems
- An easy way to communicate with common HVAC parts
“Heat pumps are an essential tool for decarbonizing the HVAC business, but they rely on toxic HFCs and are more expensive than gas furnaces. Pascal is developing a more advanced heat pump that uses solid refrigerants and will have zero refrigerant emissions while offering higher efficiency at cheaper prices.”
Adam Slavney
