Technology and R&D Partnership with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu

In a pioneering partnership in the subcontinent, the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu (IIT) – Jammu, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Tabreed in India, have launched an innovation lab and start-up incubator at the IIT-Jammu campus to rapidly advance the development and deployment of cutting-edge, climate-smart cooling solutions in 2023.

The innovation lab will pilot several disruptive pre-market technologies to demonstrate the viability and scalability of more energy efficient HVAC solutions to be deployed in South Asia. The inauguration of the lab comes on the heels of COP28, and is part of IFC’s TechEmerge Sustainable Cooling Innovation program, which is implemented in partnership with UK Aid and Tabreed in India. Through a unique and an independent approach, the lab will leverage IFC’s global reach and Tabreed’s unmatched scale in deploying technology and OEM agnostic cooling solutions such as AI/IOT-solutions, nanotechnologies, and solar and renewable energy solutions for hotels, shopping malls, and other developments, data centres, cold chains, transport, and more.

The lab will act as a much-needed catalyst to bridge gaps in the cooling market. The solutions will be subject to rigorous testing and evaluation, and the conducive and controlled environment established at IIT Jammu will ensure they are market-ready, deployable in a real-world context, and, most importantly, accessible and affordable for large scale adoption.

Currently the pilots are in various stages of execution, details below:

Piloting across 4 broad areas:

SN	Pilot	Pilot Objective
1.	Phase Change Material (PCM) based TES	Improve the operating efficiency of HVAC chiller plants Utilize excess on-site solar power Downsize and reduce dependency on substitute power sources such as diesel gen-sets during outages Arbitrage time-of-day tariff differentials Enable reductions in peak-load electricity consumption patterns
2.	Internet of Things (IOT)	Real-Time monitoring of chiller plant room, along with low side AHUs / FCUs Testing out IoT systems for energy efficiency improvements at varying load conditions. Testing various software by using the same hardware to test energy efficiency claims by multiple IoT innovators.
3.	Heat Rejection	Monitor rainwater inflows and water loss owing to evaporation. Monitor energy consumption difference b/w cooling towers and water body. Monitor temperature variation of water body and co-relate its impact on marine life. Enable comparative analysis based on water, energy, treatment chemicals savings, and reduction in greenhouse gases emissions.
4.	Heat Exchange	Testing of different additives in chilled water to enhance the heat transfer efficiency, thus, resulting in lower power consumptions. Comparison of energy consumption patterns of the AHSP being tested through live monitoring enabled by IoT sensors with the other ASHP running on normal chilled water. Validation of claims of the various innovators on heat transfer improvements. Opportunity to replicate the technology in multiple building applications.

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