JCDecaux invents air-conditioned bus shelter

JCDecaux, the world’s leading outdoor advertising company, has announced its new generation Natural Cooling bus shelter that will create cooling areas in cities with high temperature. The bus shelter is currently on trial in some cities. The new model expands the range of innovative bus shelters launched by the company at the end of 2019, which includes Filtreo, a bus shelter whose green roof contributes to reducing urban pollution. A press release from JCDecaux headquarters in Paris says that summers in places all over the world have become hotter in recent years.

This rise in temperature in many parts of the world has widespread consequences and leads to the formation of urban heat islands, which have an impact on cities and on the health and well-being of their inhabitants. To help address this problem, a range of initiatives to create cooling areas in the city during the summer are currently being on trial. JCDecaux has developed an innovative patented solution to cool off people in its bus shelters, providing a sense of comfort and well-being during periods of intense heat. JCDecaux’s R&D department took its inspiration from a natural, age-old process: evaporative cooling. Hot air entering the Natural Cooling shelter flows through a wet honeycomb-shaped panel. It is then cooled naturally by evaporation. This solution includes a tank to gather rainwater from the roof and a system to pipe the water to the cooling module. If there is no wind, fans blow the hot air through the wall.