In light of the Union Government's proposed standardisation of ACs, Sharing a story I wrote for HT print and online (@htTweets) on the potential application of district cooling systems in India. While retrofitting is hard, it's not impossible. 1/n #EnergyEfficiency (pic:Meta AI) and for all greenfield development, they should be a must whenever there is a possibility of real-feel temperatures going upwards of 38 °C. The obvious hurdle to adoption is the huge upfront cost involved in setting up the system. But life-cycle costs are dramatically lower 2/n