{"id":22767,"date":"2025-05-01T19:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotelsalepage.com\/feed\/cision-pr-newswire\/new-rmi-study-finds-next-gen-acs-cut-energy-costs-by-50-in-india\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:57:21","slug":"new-rmi-study-finds-next-gen-acs-cut-energy-costs-by-50-in-india-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=22767","title":{"rendered":"New RMI Study Finds Next-Gen ACs Cut Energy Costs by 50% in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">May 1, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; A new study by RMI and the Global Cooling Efficiency Accelerator (GCEA) reveals that next-generation air conditioners (ACs) use 60% less energy than conventional units and cut lifetime energy costs by more than 50%\u2014a breakthrough in energy-efficient cooling technology.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-month study, conducted in Palava City, India, in partnership with Lodha and CEPT University, tested high-efficiency AC prototypes under extreme summer conditions and compared them to standard units. The results show that super-efficient ACs not only consume significantly less energy but also improve comfort and grid reliability. Key findings include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Super-efficient ACs used <b>60% less energy<\/b> than a typical AC in real-world conditions over the nine-month testing period. Unlike typical units, the super-efficient ACs consistently achieved the target temperature and relative humidity for optimal comfort.<\/li>\n<li> <b>Typical ACs use significant extra energy to control humidity<\/b>\u2014a factor not captured by current AC performance metrics. Testing revealed that up to 25% more energy is used just to manage humidity in conventional units.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to energy savings, super-efficient ACs <b>reduce peak electricity demand by 50%<\/b> compared with typical ACs. This helps prevent power outages and avoids costly infrastructure upgrades by lowering stress on the grid.<\/li>\n<li>Over their lifetime, super-efficient ACs can save consumers <b>more than 50% on energy bills<\/b>, resulting in a substantially lower total cost of ownership.<\/li>\n<li>These findings show that next-generation ACs could transform cooling worldwide. If <b>the 3 billion ACs<\/b> expected to be installed globally by 2050 were super-efficient models, <b>we could avoid 68 gigatons of emissions<\/b>\u2014more than the world&#8217;s total annual emissions today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Air conditioning is set to become the world&#8217;s second-largest driver of electricity demand by 2030\u2014behind only electric vehicles and generating over three times the load of data centers. If current technologies persist, rising cooling needs will fuel a cycle of higher demand, rising costs, and pressure on already-stressed power grids. This study shows that scaling super-efficient ACs offers a clear solution: cutting energy use, lowering costs, improving comfort, and easing strain on the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Read the report: <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4418286-1&amp;h=1647664383&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Frmi.org%2Finsight%2Fbringing-super-efficient-air-conditioners-to-the-market%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Frmi.org%2Finsight%2Fbringing-super-efficient-air-conditioners-to-the-market%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/rmi.org\/insight\/bringing-super-efficient-air-conditioners-to-the-market\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <b>About RMI: <\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) transforms global energy systems through market-driven solutions to secure a prosperous, resilient, clean energy future for all. RMI works with businesses, policymakers, and communities to scale renewable energy solutions, reduce energy waste, and boost access to affordable clean energy.<\/p>\n<p> <b>Media Contact: <\/b> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"mailto:media@rmi.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">media@rmi.org<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">May 1, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; A new study by RMI and the Global Cooling Efficiency Accelerator (GCEA) reveals that next-generation air conditioners (ACs) use 60% less energy than conventional units and cut lifetime energy costs by more than 50%\u2014a breakthrough in energy-efficient cooling technology.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-month study, conducted in Palava City, India, in partnership with Lodha and CEPT University, tested high-efficiency AC prototypes under extreme summer conditions and compared them to standard units. The results show that super-efficient ACs not only consume significantly less energy but also improve comfort and grid reliability. Key findings include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Super-efficient ACs used <b>60% less energy<\/b> than a typical AC in real-world conditions over the nine-month testing period. Unlike typical units, the super-efficient ACs consistently achieved the target temperature and relative humidity for optimal comfort.<\/li>\n<li> <b>Typical ACs use significant extra energy to control humidity<\/b>\u2014a factor not captured by current AC performance metrics. Testing revealed that up to 25% more energy is used just to manage humidity in conventional units.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to energy savings, super-efficient ACs <b>reduce peak electricity demand by 50%<\/b> compared with typical ACs. This helps prevent power outages and avoids costly infrastructure upgrades by lowering stress on the grid.<\/li>\n<li>Over their lifetime, super-efficient ACs can save consumers <b>more than 50% on energy bills<\/b>, resulting in a substantially lower total cost of ownership.<\/li>\n<li>These findings show that next-generation ACs could transform cooling worldwide. If <b>the 3 billion ACs<\/b> expected to be installed globally by 2050 were super-efficient models, <b>we could avoid 68 gigatons of emissions<\/b>\u2014more than the world&#8217;s total annual emissions today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Air conditioning is set to become the world&#8217;s second-largest driver of electricity demand by 2030\u2014behind only electric vehicles and generating over three times the load of data centers. If current technologies persist, rising cooling needs will fuel a cycle of higher demand, rising costs, and pressure on already-stressed power grids. This study shows that scaling super-efficient ACs offers a clear solution: cutting energy use, lowering costs, improving comfort, and easing strain on the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Read the report: <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4418286-1&amp;h=1647664383&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Frmi.org%2Finsight%2Fbringing-super-efficient-air-conditioners-to-the-market%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Frmi.org%2Finsight%2Fbringing-super-efficient-air-conditioners-to-the-market%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/rmi.org\/insight\/bringing-super-efficient-air-conditioners-to-the-market\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <b>About RMI: <\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) transforms global energy systems through market-driven solutions to secure a prosperous, resilient, clean energy future for all. RMI works with businesses, policymakers, and communities to scale renewable energy solutions, reduce energy waste, and boost access to affordable clean energy.<\/p>\n<p> <b>Media Contact: <\/b> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"mailto:media@rmi.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">media@rmi.org<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}