The system provides cooling and heating to seat occupants via a proprietary solid-state heat pump combined with an active, microprocessor-controlled temperature management system. Ambient air is drawn into the system from the cabin of the vehicle and is heated or cooled based on input from individual seat controls and from temperature sensors built into the CCS. The heat pump is built around a solid-state thermoelectric device that rapidly converts electric current into the desired thermal effect (hot or cold).