The simple invention is the world’s first-ever ‘zero electricity’ air conditioner.
Chances are that if you’re reading this, you’re one of the lucky individuals on this planet who has access to electricity and can harness tools, such as Air Conditioning (AC), to stay cool during hot, summer months.
Not everyone is so fortunate, however, which is why an inventor named Ashis Paul developed an ingenious solution to help those in rural, poverty-stricken locations – specifically residents in Bangladesh – cool off.
In three months, Paul’s company developed Eco Coolers, smart powerless air conditioners which don’t require any electricity. Already, 25,000 households around the world are outfitted with an Eco Cooler system, and that number is expected to grow. Many of the systems are behind utilized by Bangladeshi people.
The simple invention is reportedly the world’s first-ever ‘zero electricity’ air conditioner.
Credit: Eco Cooler
How does it work? It’s actually fairly simple. First, a board is cut to fit the desired window. Then, bottleneck-sized holes are cut out in a grid pattern. Next, the bottoms of empty plastic bottles are cut off and discarded, leaving funnel-snapped bottlenecks that are placed on the grid. All one needs to do then is install it in place of the regular window, reports Inhabitat.
Credit: Eco Cooler
The Eco Cooler works because the wide parts of the bottles, which face outward, catch the passing wind and literally funnel cool air into the building’s interior.
Credit: Eco Cooler
Paul didn’t develop the Eco Cooler to make a profit. In fact, his top priority was to get the concept out there to as many people as possible. Thanks to the Grey Group, which used its position as a multinational advertising firm to put the plans online – free of charge, exactly that happened.
Credit: Eco Cooler
Anyone can build their own Eco Cooler system, and volunteers from Grameen Intel Social Business are even helping to build and install the units. They’re also educating locals on how to construct the electricity-free coolers, so they might help their neighbors.
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Yeah. And when there IS no end? …? Then what?
I have to say that this EcoCooler does not work as exposed, Compressed air is not cooled by compression, but becomes hotter than normal air. So this device cannot not work as a compressor but maybe as an extractor. Warm air inside the house is sucked out by the small vortex of the bottleneck…
Compressed air cools as it expands from the neck region into the house, I hope you’re not a registered proffesional.
and from where does come the temperature exchange? from heaven or the hidden intercooler?
Temperature of compressed air has alot of variables if cold air with high humidity is compressed air temperature drops
Go read about bernoulis mate you’re understanding of airflow and cooling is wrong
ah, I think the romans had something similar about 5000 years ago, but great idea using water bottles.
Actually this principle is ancient, although this is much easier to build.
This principle was used in middle eastern, and African structures like mosques.
Where a screen was built in the walls that caused compression and expansion of the breeze.
what a brilhant idea
What keeps the bugs out of your house?
Great observation. One could maybe cut out a mosquito net and glue/(rubber band) to each bottle head or so.
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id you get out a thermometer and actually test this gadget? I have to see the difference between the outside and inside temperatures to want to go to all the trouble of building this gizmo.