Download New Indian Leadership for Super-Efficient Room Air Conditioning

New Indian Leadership for Super-Efficient Room Air
Conditioning Using Lower GWP Refrigerants
Presented by
Stephen O. Andersen
Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
(IGSD)
and
Karan Mangotra
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Discussants: Suely Carvalho and Marco Gonzalez
The Indian Perspective
Key Demand Drivers for Room AC
 India’s GDP is growing at rate of 7.6% in 2016, which is the fastest growing large economy in the world
 (Standard and Poor’s (S&P), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Asia Development Bank (ADB)
have predicted 7.5% to 8.0% growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) for India for next two years
 Increase in GDP is leading to an increase in per capita disposable income; this will drive up purchasing
power of individuals and their ability to afford Room ACs - leading to an increase in demand
Key Demand Drivers for Room AC
 Around 66% of buildings that will exist in India in
2030 are yet to be constructed (as per BEE reports)
– the bulk of the cooling demand would therefore
be driven from the room AC segment
(predominantly split) with an average of 1.35 TR
(4.75 kW)
 There is an average increase in ambient
temperature in India leading to higher demand for
more cooling
 Currently Room ACs account for nearly 60%- 70% of
total refrigerant gas market share. This segment,
along with chillers will increase to a total share of
nearly 80% of total refrigerant gas market by 2040
66% 70%
Energy Efficiency is Imperative
 Given such a growth in buildings, and demand for appliances
for cooling, it is essential that energy efficiency is incorporated
as an essential feature of transition to a lower GWP pathway
 During the life cycle of a product, EE is expected to reap high
climate change benefits during the refrigerant transition phase
(HFC phasedown period)
 In 2015, five star rated ACs accounted for 25% of the total AC
share with a 57% majority rated as 3 star Of all ACs in 2015,
HCFC ACs account for 69% of the total market share and HFC
ACs account for nearly the remaining market share
(a)If all HCFCs and HFCs will be phased down in India and be
replaced with new HFC alternatives by 2030s, the
transformation in the AC segment will be huge
(b)In addition, if lower-GWP refrigerants are implemented in
super-efficient appliances, the total climate benefits will be
enormous
Air Conditioner (Share of star rated appliances)
5
25%
1
2%
2
15%
4
1%
3
57%
Share of Room ACs by Type of Refrigerant Gas (2015)
R-32, 6%
Others, 1%
R-410a, 24%
HCFC-…
Breaking News!
Super-Efficient Room AC Lowers Ownership Cost, Avoids New
Power Plants, Cleans Air, Lowers Health Care Costs, and Protects
Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems
Room ACs Sold by Multinational Companies in A-5 Parties are
Typically Less Efficient Than the ACs Sold by the Same Companies
in Their Home Countries Despite Stronger Super-Efficiency Cost
Effectiveness in Most A5 Parties Due to Long, Hot and Humid
Cooling Seasons…New Research In Brazil Confirms This
The Clean Energy Ministerial Calls on Stakeholders to
Commercialize Affordable Super-Efficient Cooling Technology
The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)
 The CEM is a Global Forum to Promote Policies and Share Best
Practices to Accelerate the Global Transition to Clean Energy
 Member Nations Are:
– Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, the European Union,
Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico,
Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United
Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
 The CEM Advanced Cooling Challenge (AC Challenge) Inspires:
– “…governments, companies, and other stakeholders to develop and
deploy at scale super-efficient, smart, climate-friendly, and affordable
cooling technologies that are critical for prosperous and healthy
societies”
TERI/IGSD Response to AC Challenge!
– Dr. Ajay Mathur (Director General TERI) and Dr. Stephen O. Andersen (Director of Research,
IGSD) will co-chair a small committee of Indian and global experts and partner
organizations to align public and private energy efficiency programs and advocate projects
and to Kick-Start commercialization of Super-Efficient Room AC
– The committee will depend on the participation of experts from the Bureau of Energy
Efficiency (BEE), Collaborative Labelling and Appliance Standard Program (CLASP), Energy
Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), SuperEfficient Appliance Deployment (SEAD), and other notable organizations.
– Dr. Suely Carvalho (former Director United Nations Development Programme - UNDP),
Marco Gonzalez (former Executive Director of the Montreal Protocol Ozone Secretariat),
and Rajendra Shende (Chairman of TERRE Policy Centre - TERRE - and former Director
United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP) have already offered to serve.
– The ambition is to complete the alignment within six months in order to make SuperEfficient room ACs both cost effective for owners and profitable to companies who respond
to the AC Challenge (see details in the next slide)
Daikin Response to AC Challenge!
 Daikin Air-Conditioning India Pvt. Ltd. (Daikin India), confirmed that they will
offer an affordable super-efficient room AC using lower-GWP refrigerant HFC32 as soon as public and private energy efficiency programs are aligned
 The Daikin India ambition is to market a 5.2 ISEER* inverter room AC with
HFC-32 refrigerant with a price that is 12% to 15% lower than the current
retail price of premium 4.5 ISEER** variable speed ACs
* A 5.2 ISEER room AC would earn 7-Stars (if the scale went that high)
** A 4.5 ISEER room AC is the lowest efficiency now qualifying for 5-Stars
• ISEER (Indian Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) is the ratio of the total annual amount of
heat that the AC equipment can remove from the indoor air to the total annual amount of
energy consumed by the equipment during the same period. The calculation method is
based on ISO16358, adjusted for higher typical ambient temperatures in India
Just What is This Alignment?
 The Alignment is to bridge communication gaps and find synergy among
climate, energy, and procurement authorities in India and to put forward
proposals for funding super-efficiency using lower-GWP refrigerants
 Specifically:
– Agree to a metric for appropriately considering safety, energy efficiency and refrigerant
GWP and emissions in procurement criteria,
– Validate the energy performance of of super-efficient room AC using lower-GWP
refrigerants at the full range of ambient temperatures,
– Organize federal and state procurement to require lower-GWP refrigerants and to insist
on highest affordable energy efficiency, and
– Advocate making affordable super-efficient room ACs using lower-GWP refrigerants
available in all A5 Parties
Backup Slides Follow
The Complementary TERI / IGSD Team
 TERI is a leading think tank dedicated to sustainable development of
India and the Global South
– From its founding in 1974, TERI has made a mark as a research institute,
whose policy and technology solutions transformed people's lives and the
environment
 IGSD promotes and protects the environment by advancing the
understanding, development, and implementation of effective, and
accountable systems of governance for sustainable development
– For the past decade, IGSD has concentrated on reducing the uses of shortlived climate pollutants (SLCPs), including HFCs, and particularly on the
synergy of HFC phase down and transition to super-efficiency
Power and Energy Service Companies Are Part of the
Solution!
 Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL) under the Indian Ministry of
Power can do a bulk procurement of super-efficient room ACs
using lower-GWP refrigerants and could transfer them to power
companies to sell to consumers, with the power distribution
companies paying EESL back from the calculated savings
 It can be imagined that a portion of a bulk procurement in India
could be offered for sale in adjacent countries with compatible
electricity voltage/cycles and with appropriate installation and
service infrastructure