‘Evacool’ is the name of the new low-cost earthenware technology which is developed by the two students of the IIT-Roorkee. The invention was presented in the ‘ Go Green in the City 2017’ competition which was held at the Schneider Electric headquarters in Paris.
The main aim of the competition was to promote the innovative solutions for the smaller cities which are not only smart but also energy efficient.
Two students of chemical engineering course at IIT Roorkee– Nimisha Gupta and Raja Jain- won the competition for their designed cooling system.
“The existing cooling solutions like ceiling fan, air cooler and air conditioner are either not impactful enough or are resource-heavy due to which there are limited users, as affordability is the major concern. To overcome all these limitations, we have designed Evacool which is cost -effective, consumes lesser electricity, emits no toxic gases, and hence, is a greener solution too,” said Jain.
Evacool merely costs INR 4000 and decreases the temperature by “10 degrees celsius”. The competition was among the 19,722 applicants which were from 180 countries among which the team from IIT Roorkee was selected as winner.
