AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Affordable & Clean Energy
KEYWORDS
biomimicry, Air conditioner, personal
COUNTRY
India
DESIGNED BY
Ant Studio’s vision is to amalgamate Art, Nature, and Technology. Our air cooling & purifying solutions looks magnificent as an art installation. Use of vernacular material reduces on embodied energy, use of passive energy strategies reduces environmental impact & use of craft gives our products a distinct character and encourages local employment by incorporating traditional craft and skills.
WEBSITE
https://cleanenergychallenge.whatdesigncando.com/projects/natures-cooling-recipe/
Ether - Nature’s Recipe For Personal Air Cooling & Purification
A Terracotta based Nature’s Recipe For Personal Air Cooling & Purification empowers craft community.
The building sector in India consumes close to 40% of the electricity, which is expected to increase to 76% by 2040. The demand for air conditioners in India is expected to grow from 3.8 million a year to 6.2 million in 2020-21. Ether aims to combat this growing need for electricity with innovative personal cooling & air purifying solution. It reduces the carbon footprint of cooling systems by incorporating natural materials, zero plastics and zero refrigerants. It consumes 20% energy compared to other modern air conditioner systems. ETHER is designed considering the concept of managing the micro-climate for a user, i.e. providing the user required temperature and humidity within close proximity. By doing so, we eliminate the amount of energy required to cool down an entire room using an air conditioner. ETHER uses the capillary action of terracotta to create evaporative cooling and water remains cool inside. Hence the cool water inside causes ambient temperature to drop.