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Thermostat setting: India's move towards energy-efficient AC solutions
We often see airconditioning as a luxury that middle-class families and small businesses cannot afford
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The new directive from the Government of India is in the right direction, but consumers may need to be nudged in ways that go beyond what President Carter did. | Photo: Bloomberg
“For the first time, India will mandate setting airconditioner temperatures no lower than 20 degrees Celsius and no higher than 28 degrees Celsius across all sectors — including cars — amid rising temperatures due to climate change and increasing use of cooling systems,” Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar said (Business Standard, June 10, 2025).
India has had a rather patchy relationship with airconditioning. It has often been seen as a wasteful use of energy. The HVAC (heating ventilation airconditioning) industry did not try to correct this image from ‘energy wastage’ to ‘better work environment / better productivity’. Public sector
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