Snapcool Air Conditioner 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
Snapcool Air Conditioner
by Zhejiang Zhongguang Electrical Co., Ltd.
Client: Outes
Golden A' Design Award Winner in HVAC Category
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About Snapcool Air Conditioner
Snapcool is an air conditioner designed for home use. The filter is inspired by a tape measure and can be rolled up or unfolded with a single tap on the screen. The screen shows the real-time dust level of the filter, and the dust bin can be pulled down for removal. An orange puller marks the filter compartment and draws attention to the filter status. The filter can be rinsed with water and reused. Side wall air intake increases the air intake area, and the round air outlet angle can be adjusted by phone. The unit measures 400 by 80 by 400 millimeters.
The Recognition
About the Golden A' Design Award
Snapcool Air Conditioner 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. Snapcool Air Conditioner 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. Snapcool Air Conditioner creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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- Unique Properties
- This air conditioner is designed with a tape measure in mind. With just a light tap on the screen, the filter can be rolled up or unfolded with just one click, solving the problems of inconvenient disassembly and cleaning of traditional filters and dust generation during cleaning. The screen displays the real-time status of the filter screen being full of dust, and the dust bin can be pulled down to remove it. With the side pull design, it makes cleaning efficient and fun.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 400mmx80mmx400mm
- Tags
- Recycle、Air-conditioning、technology、Easy to disassemble、Easy to clean
- Production Technology
- Side wall air intake, increasing the air intake area and airflow effect. Orange filter compartment puller, easy to take out downward, eye-catching color can always remind people to pay attention to the filter status.Circle shape air outlet, users can freely switch the angle of air outlet on the phone.
- Design Challenge
- The first problem we face is how to make it easy to dismantle the filter screen; Secondly, consider how to reduce the raised dust when the filter screen is taken out; Finally, we need to think about how to remind users to replace the filter screen.
- Research
- Traditional air conditioning filters are difficult to disassemble and clean, and removing the filter can easily raise dust. Therefore, an air conditioner that is easy to disassemble and clean has been designed.The filter can be repeatedly rinsed with water, which is more economical and practical for users and more friendly to the social environment.Save time and labor, reduce the cost of manual cleaning air conditioning.
- Inspiration
- The design concept comes from the "tape measure" which can make the filter retract and unfold to meet the function. Simple geometric modeling, suitable for a variety of home environments, compared with traditional air conditioners have a sense of technology, sense of fashion. Pulling out the filter from the side is like using a tape measure, which increases the fun of cleaning the filter.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Lishui, China in September 2024
- Operation Flow
- Side wall air intake, increasing the air intake area and airflow effect. Orange filter compartment puller, easy to take out downward, eye-catching color can always remind people to pay attention to the filter status.Simple geometric modeling, suitable for a variety of home environments, compared with traditional air conditioners have a sense of technology, sense of fashion Circle shape air outlet, users can freely switch the angle of air outlet on the phone.
- Patents
- Zhejiang Zhongguang Elec
- Team Members
- Jinghong Zhang、Yuxin He、Menglin Xie、Yuhui Xu、Haiping Hou、Xiaojun Yuan
- Image Credits
- Zhejiang Zhongguang Elec
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