This Indian company built a zero-energy air conditioner

This installation is a bespoke attempt to simplify and reinterpret the concept of air-conditioning, understanding that standardized solutions may not be universally applicable given the constraints of cost and surrounding environment. Using computational technologies, the team at Ant Studio has reinterpreted traditional eva

These terracotta tubes are helping reduce ambient temperatures without harming the environment! How ‘cool’ is this invention?

As the climate crisis makes the world hotter, people are looking to stay cool. By 2050, there could be three times as many air conditioning units on the planet as there were in 2018. But are an estimated 5.6 billion units

Monish Siripurapu’s air cooling system may be based on the design of a beehive but the Indian innovator’s inspiration did not come while he was striding through fields of flowers. He was actually in a stifling hot factory in New Delhi, where he was doing some design work. “There was a huge diesel generator in the factory that used to throw out a lot of heat. The client wanted to screen the heat b

Created by Ant Studio, Beehive is a functional-art alternative to energy intensive cooling and air purification solutions. The system works through evaporative cooling, using traditional earthenware pots which are soaked with water. With use, biofilm forms naturally on these pots, assisting with air purification. The modular design is also zero-plastic and zero-emission, and is perfectly su