New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi are developing a new type of high-efficiency air conditioner that has shown potential to reduce electricity use by roughly one-third, addressing concerns over rising power consumption for cooling.

The health risks and productivity loss due to rapidly increasing heat stress are already reaching alarming levels. With the rise in temperature and increased use of air conditioners in homes and offices, electricity consumption for cooling is projected to triple by 2037-38, according to the India Cooling Action Plan, Report by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, 2019.

An increase in power consumption would put stres...