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Sustainable cooling and cold chain CoE launched in Hyderabad
The centre is a joint initiative between the Telangana government, the University of Birmingham, the Centre for Sustainable Cooling, the GMR Group, and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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(L)Professor Toby Peters from University of Birmingham, (centre) Gareth Wynn Owen, British Deputy High Commissioner to Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, (R) K T Rama Rao, Hon'ble Minister for IT and Industries, Telangana / (Image-UniversityOfBirmingham)
In an effort to promote sustainable development in the country, the Telangana Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain was launched earlier this month at the GMR Innovex Campus near Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.. The initiative promotes sustainable cooling innovation and accelerates the deployment of energy-efficient refrigeration for food and vaccine supply chains across the country.
The cooling industry is well-known for having a negative impact on the environment. It accounted for 10 percent of global CO2 emissions in 2020, which is three times the amount produced by aviation and shipping combined.
The Telangana Centre is the outcome of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Government of Telangana and the University of Birmingham in 2022. The University will serve as a knowledge partner and help develop the centre into a state-of-the-art research and innovation hub to deploy needs-driven and equitable system-level cooling and cold-chain solutions in India.
“The centre’s work will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce food losses, enhance farmers’ income, and promote sustainable development,” said Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary of the Department of Information Technology, Electronics & Communications and Department of Industries & Commerce.
Professor Toby Peters from the University of Birmingham said, “The Centre will have a strong technology and renewable energy underpinning. It will take a systems approach focusing on non-technological and behavioural issues as well, recognising that technologies need to be financeable, integrated into processes and be accepted by end users, while some solutions can be achieved through changes or adaptations to operational practices,” as per a news release by the university.
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