Galaxy Outdoor Unit by Zhejiang Zhongguang Electrical Co., Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Golden A' Design Award in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design Competition Category.
GoldHVAC· 2025
Galaxy Outdoor Unit
by Zhejiang Zhongguang Electrical Co., Ltd.
Client: Outes
Golden A' Design Award Winner in HVAC Category
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About Galaxy Outdoor Unit
Galaxy is an outdoor unit for a home central air conditioning system. Galaxy provides heating, cooling and hot water, and uses the environmentally friendly refrigerant R290. The modular panels can be installed, removed and maintained by one person, and hidden buckles keep the outer surface unbroken. The panels are made of recycled plastic based on marine waste and are left unpainted. Graphene is applied to the heat exchanger fins for resistance to corrosion, weather and aging. The dark gray body with a star pattern suits many outdoor settings.
The Recognition
About the Golden A' Design Award
Galaxy Outdoor Unit is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Galaxy Outdoor Unit is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Galaxy Outdoor Unit creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
Where to Get It
Eco-Friendly Heat Pump and Air Conditioning Systems
We manufacture innovative HVAC solutions with R290 refrigerant technology, reducing greenhouse effects while delivering superior heating, cooling, and hot water performance. Our modular systems feature recyclable materials, graphene-enhanced efficiency, and elegant designs that integrate seamlessly into any environment.
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The product is a home central AC system. It uses eco-friendly refrigerants for heating, cooling and hot water. Modular panels are easy in install, remove and maintain. Recycled plastics and no paint are used. Multiple appearances offer personalized choices. Heat exchanger fins use graphene for corrosion, weather and aging resistance and high efficiency. The star-covered exterior with dark gray color is understated and aesthetic, blending into various outdoor scenes.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1232mmx560mmx1150mm
- Tags
- Heat pump,Outdoor unit,Industry,Building Technology,R290
- Production Technology
- It uses a new type of environmentally friendly refrigerant. The plastic panels of the outdoor unit are made of recyclable plastics with marine waste as the raw material.
- Design Challenge
- This design breaks through the limitation that existing outdoor units require a completely new design for updates. By only designing and replacing the panels while keeping the fuselage unchanged, it not only greatly simplifies the renewal process but also enables personalized customization based on users' preferences and different scenarios. This makes the product better meet users' actual needs, significantly expands the product's application scope and market potential, and brings more value and choices to users.
- Research
- This research focuses on the problems of high energy consumption of traditional outdoor units and the great processing difficulty of sheet metal materials, and has successfully found solutions. By adopting the R290 environmentally friendly refrigerant, a remarkable improvement in energy efficiency has been achieved. In addition, this refrigerant is inexpensive, reducing the operating cost. Meanwhile, the panel is made of recyclable plastic material, which is not only environmentally friendly but also expands more room for imagination in appearance design, meeting diverse aesthetic requirements.
- Inspiration
- Existing outdoor AC units have issues. Their materials aren't eco-friendly, disassembly is hard, and they look dull.The R290 heat pump unit Galaxyglow differs. It uses a new green refrigerant,cutting the greenhouse effect. Its plastic panels are recyclable, recycling marine waste to protect the environment. The innovative buckle design allows for easy installation and keeps the exterior whole. With a dark-gray body and starry decor, it looks nicer. This unit combines practicality and aesthetics well.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2024 in Ningbo China.
- Operation Flow
- It adopts a modular design, which enables the front panel and the body to form an easily detachable structure. The hidden buckle design ensures the integrity of the appearance. When it comes to reinstallation, it can be operated by one person, saving labor costs and facilitating subsequent maintenance and replacement.
- Patents
- Zhejiang Zhongguang Elec
- Team Members
- Menglin Xie
Jinghong Zhang
Qian Li
Yingying Liu
Yuxin He
Yuhui Xu
Haiping Hou
Xiaojun Yuan - Image Credits
- Zhejiang Zhongguang Elec
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