Figure 1
Classification of cooling techniques and technologies for buildings.
Figure 2
Analytical framework for transitioning towards sustainable cooling.
Note: The framework consists of macro-level drivers (right blocks), the different stages of cooling delivery, and the levers which act on the cooling system to influence the trajectory of the future of cooling. The intersections between levers and stages are intervention points, named accordingly to the lever of change that may trigger a change: S = social interactions, T = technology innovation, B = business models, G = governance and I = infrastructure design.
Source: Khosla et al. (2021b).
Figure 3
Examples of the advertising industry of air-conditioning (AC): (a) AC for marital bliss promoting happy couples thanks to the cooler environment (Source: Air-Tro n.d.); and (b) an advertisement assured housewives that they could cook a hot meal for their husbands and look glamorous while serving it if they owned an AC (Source: Robbins 2003).
Figure 4
Incumbent and barriers (inner circles) in the cooling sector and their consequences (outer text).
Figure 5
Differences between the classical and hybrid approaches to promote thermal comfort.
Figure 6
Recommended steps to address the incumbency towards sustainable cooling in the built environment.
Figure 7
Knocking out the incumbency and barriers in the cooling sector through levers for change.