Solarinvent SRL

Solarinvent SRL is an Italian technology company founded in 2014 as an innovative start-up. It grew out of the research work of Pietro Finocchiaro, who at the time was a researcher at the Dipartimento di Ricerche Energetiche ed Ambientali of the University of Palermo, studying innovative solutions for air conditioning. The company's founding idea was to use heat to cool air, a concept Finocchiaro had been fascinated by since his engineering studies and his Thermotechnics lessons, where he began to reflect on new possibilities in air-handling processes. Solarinvent's research activities were aimed at going beyond the state of the art of solar cooling technologies, particularly addressing their low market competitiveness and technological limits. Through theoretical studies, research and laboratory tests, the company reports that it achieved an important increase in performance and a reduction in system complexity, which in turn lowered costs and improved feasibility across different applications. After several research cycles, prototype building and pilot plant installations, Solarinvent completed development of its freescoo technology. The company offers competence, know-how and intellectual property relating to components and systems in the technological branches of air cooling, air treatment, heat recovery and food drying. In synergy with various suppliers and industrial partners, Solarinvent provides customized air-conditioning solutions that integrate freescoo technology. Through various research projects, it has established scientific collaborations and relationships with research institutions. It has also participated in European research efforts such as the ZERO-PLUS project, which focuses on buildings and settlements that are sustainable, zero-net energy, healthy, comfortable, grid-friendly and economical to build and maintain. Solarinvent is a private company and remains active. Its public identity is closely tied to the freescoo brand and website, through which it presents its technology and research projects.

Solarinvent was born in 2014 as an innovative start-up, created from the passion and impulse of Pietro Finocchiaro. At that time Finocchiaro was a researcher involved in studying innovative solutions for air conditioning at the Dipartimento di Ricerche Energetiche ed Ambientali of the University of Palermo. Since his time as an engineering student, he had been fascinated by the idea of using heat to cool the air, and during Thermotechnics lessons he began to reflect on new possibilities in air-handling processes. He dedicated himself to this idea through theoretical studies, research and laboratory tests, encountering successes and failures but always supported by enthusiasm and the wish to achieve the best result. The research activities of Solarinvent were aimed at going beyond the state of the art of solar cooling technologies, especially concerning their low market competitiveness and technological limits. Thanks to this research, the company was able to achieve an important increase in performance and a reduction in the complexity of the system, all to the advantage of cost reduction and higher feasibility in different applications. After several research efforts, the building of prototypes and the installation of pilot plants, Solarinvent completed the development of its freescoo technology. Today Solarinvent can offer competence, know-how and intellectual property about components and systems in the technological branch of air cooling, air treatment, heat recovery and food drying. In synergy with various suppliers and industrial partners, Solarinvent provides customized solutions for air conditioning that integrate freescoo technology. Thanks to various research projects carried out, Solarinvent established important scientific collaborations and relationships with various research institutions. The company has also been involved in European research contexts. Its freescoo website highlighted the ZERO-PLUS project, which addresses buildings and settlements that are increasingly expected to meet higher and more complex levels of performance: sustainable, zero-net energy, healthy and comfortable, grid-friendly, yet economical to build and maintain. Buildings are central to the EU's energy efficiency policy, and Solarinvent's participation in such projects reflects its positioning at the intersection of research and applied energy technology.

• 2020

  Publication of a cartoon about the ZERO-PLUS project on the freescoo website.

• 2014

  Solarinvent founded as an innovative start-up by Pietro Finocchiaro.

Developer of advanced solar cooling and air-treatment technology, positioned as an innovative start-up bridging university research and industrial application.

• freescoo technology

  Solar cooling and air-treatment technology developed by Solarinvent, integrating components and systems for air cooling, air treatment, heat recovery and food drying.

1. 1Solarinvent - freescoofreescoo.com
2. 2ZERO-PLUS in cartoon - freescoofreescoo.com
3. 3Solarinvent SRL - Wikidatawikidata.org