What is the name of your organization?
Polus Brasil
What is the name of your solution?
SmartCooling by Polus
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
Smart refrigeration technology that reduces energy use, cuts carbon emissions, and boosts performance in food industry cold chains.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Brasil
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
Brazil
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
Cooling is essential for food safety—but it’s also a major source of energy waste and carbon emissions. In Brazil, where electricity is among the most expensive globally, refrigeration represents up to 60% of energy costs for food industries and supermarkets. Most companies—especially SMEs—still rely on outdated, inefficient cooling systems with no data visibility or automation. This leads to unnecessary energy consumption, frequent equipment failures, and product losses.
Globally, commercial refrigeration contributes to over 7% of total greenhouse gas emissions in food supply chains. In South America alone, the refrigerated warehousing market is expected to reach billions by 2027, driven by growing demand but lacking climate-efficient infrastructure.
We’re solving the problem of energy-inefficient cold chains by offering a plug-and-play, AI-enabled platform that monitors, automates, and optimizes refrigeration. Our solution empowers businesses to cut electricity use by up to 25%, reduce carbon emissions, and improve equipment lifespan—contributing directly to climate adaptation and mitigation goals.
What is your solution?
Polus offers a plug-and-play solution that makes refrigeration smart, efficient, and climate-friendly. Our technology connects directly to commercial cold chamber controllers—without the need for infrastructure changes—enabling real-time monitoring, automation, and control.
Using AI and IoT, we collect and analyze temperature, energy consumption, and equipment performance data. This allows us to send automated alerts, optimize refrigeration cycles, and predict failures before they happen. Our cloud platform provides dashboards, regulatory temperature reports, and personalized recommendations for reducing energy waste and emissions.
Our solution can reduce electricity consumption by 10–25% and cut up to 700 kg of CO₂ per month per site, while improving food safety and operational reliability.
We focus on serving small and medium-sized food businesses—industries, distributors, and supermarkets—where refrigeration costs are high and climate impact is significant. By turning analog equipment into smart assets, Polus helps businesses save money, extend equipment lifespan, and reduce their carbon footprint.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Polus serves small and medium-sized food businesses—such as food industries, distributors, and supermarkets—in Brazil and Latin America. These companies operate commercial cold chambers that are critical for food safety, but often rely on outdated, inefficient systems with no digital control or real-time monitoring.
This segment is heavily underserved: they face high energy costs, frequent equipment failures, and lack access to data or automation tools. These issues lead to operational losses, unnecessary carbon emissions, and low resilience to energy volatility and climate risks.
Our solution empowers these businesses with affordable, easy-to-install technology that reduces electricity costs, improves thermal performance, and prevents refrigeration failures. With our platform, users gain real-time visibility, automated alerts, predictive insights, and compliance-ready temperature reports.
For many of our customers, this is their first step into digital transformation. We’re not only reducing emissions and energy waste—we’re helping them become more competitive, sustainable, and resilient.
