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Case Study 3 — Cooling & Air Conditioning

Meeting One of the World's Fastest-Growing Energy Demands

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The Challenge

Cooling demand is one of the fastest-growing sources of electricity demand in the world, and it peaks at exactly the moments grids are least able to absorb it.

 

Commercial buildings already commit enormous amounts of electricity to cooling, and that load is set to grow sharply over the coming decades.

The Numbers

  • Global electricity demand for space cooling is projected to more than triple by 2050 — equivalent to the current electricity use of China and India combined (IEA).

  • Cooling already accounts for nearly 20% of total electricity used in buildings worldwide (IEA).

  • The global stock of air conditioners is projected to grow from 1.6 billion units today to 5.6 billion by 2050 (IEA).

  • Cooling load is heavily concentrated in the hottest hours of the day, driving both peak demand and grid stress.

Why Existing Solutions Fall Short

Grid-supplied electric chillers add directly to peak demand at exactly the moments the grid is most constrained.

 

Battery storage is expensive at the duration and scale cooling loads require.

 

Conventional absorption chillers depend on a constant fuel-fired heat source, tying cooling costs to gas prices.

iQ-LOOP's Solution

iQ-LOOP converts low-cost renewable electricity into reusable aluminium energy inventory.

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CREATE releases that stored energy as heat to drive absorption chillers on site, delivering cooling without drawing directly from the grid at peak times.

Example Reference Project

  • 1 MW cooling capacity installation for a commercial or light-industrial site, using CREATE-driven absorption chilling.

Modelled Impact

  • 1 MW cooling capacity delivered

  • Reduced peak electricity demand during cooling hours

  • Fixed, long-term energy pricing

  • Reduced carbon emissions versus grid-supplied cooling

  • Modular deployment, scalable with demand

Why Now?

Cooling is set to become one of the single largest drivers of global electricity growth over the next three decades, and grids are already straining to keep pace.

Vision for the Future

Renewable Cooling.

Lower Peak Electricity Demand.

Predictable Long-Term Energy Costs.

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