Increasing incomes and urbanisation will see increase in room air conditioning units from 1.2 billion to 4.5 billion in the world by 2050 when India alone may account for one billion units, posing a serious challenge to the global community which is fighting climate change and rising temperatures.
India will, in fact, see a phenomenal growth during the period - from 26.3 million installed stock of room air conditioner (RAC) units in 2016 to over 1 billion in 2050. It means its means its share will jump from 2.2% of the overall RACs globally to almost 25% in next over three decades.
This projected jump in space cooling requirement will need three times more electricity by that period from the 2016 level in a world that has seen nearly one degree Celsius rise in average temperatures from the pre-industrial level. And, if the world continues to carry on with the same air conditioning technology, the temperature of the planet will rise by 0.5 degree Celsius through use of cooling units alone by 2100.
India will, in fact, see a phenomenal growth during the period - from 26.3 million installed stock of room air conditioner (RAC) units in 2016 to over 1 billion in 2050. It means its means its share will jump from 2.2% of the overall RACs globally to almost 25% in next over three decades.
This projected jump in space cooling requirement will need three times more electricity by that period from the 2016 level in a world that has seen nearly one degree Celsius rise in average temperatures from the pre-industrial level. And, if the world continues to carry on with the same air conditioning technology, the temperature of the planet will rise by 0.5 degree Celsius through use of cooling units alone by 2100.
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