INDIA COOLING ACTION PLAN (ICAP)

Sept. 18, 2018

On the occasion of 24th World Ozone Day, Union Environment Ministry released the draft India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP).

About:

  • India is the first country in world to develop such a document (ICAP), which addresses cooling requirement across sectors and lists out actions which can help reduce the cooling demand.

  • The overarching goal of ICAP is to provide sustainable cooling and thermal comfort for all while securing environmental and socio-economic benefits for the society.

Broad objectives of ICAP:

  • Assessment of cooling requirements across sectors in next 20 years and the associated refrigerant demand and energy use,

  • Map the technologies available to cater the cooling requirement including passive interventions, refrigerant-based technologies and alternative technologies such as not-in-kind technologies,

  • Suggest interventions in each sector to provide for sustainable cooling for all,

  • Focus on skilling of RAC service technicians, and

  • Develop an R&D innovation ecosystem for indigenous development of alternative technologies.

Targets under ICAP:

  • Recognition of “cooling and related areas” as a thrust area of research under national science and technology programme

  • Reduction of cooling demand across sectors by 20% to 25 % by year 2037-38,

  • Reduction of refrigerant demand by 25% to 30% by year 2037-38,

  • Reduction of cooling energy requirements by 25% to 40% by year 2037-38, and

  • Training and certification of 100,000 servicing sector technicians by the year 2022-23, in synergy with Skill India Mission.

 

Source : PIB