Conceived by Marco Zagaria to contrast continuous waste of electricity used for warming domestic rooms, Egloo is a candle-powered heater that provides a cheaper and more ecological energy, taking advantage of features of terracotta that stores the heat and slowly and gradually releases it by radiation, even after it blows out.
Marco Zagaria: Egloo
The young Italian designer Marco Zagaria proposes a terracotta candle-powered heater, conceived to warm small domestic spaces without using electricity.
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- 14 September 2015
- Roma
Egloo is composed by four elements: the base, the grill and the two domes. The base offers a space for the positioning of the candles that, once you light them up, will warm the domes up. There is a metal grill placed on the base, serving as a support for the domes. It makes a space to let the air in, necessary for the combustion of the candles.
The thinner dome, centrally placed, stores a high rate of heat, that is conveyed to the external dome; the dome's air intake facilitate the outgoing of the warm air stored between the covers, allowing thermal exchange with the environment.
Egloo
Design: Marco Zagaria