CHENNAI: Rising power consumption during summer and sudden rise in temperature are forcing the state to look at alternative solutions like district cooling, a centralised source that could provide cooling to entire buildings through pipelines. The State Planning Commission is preparing a feasibility report on the district cooling system in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme.
According to sources, a road map for district cooling solutions is being prepared along with the Industries Department and the Department of Environment and Energy. This could mean flats and homes in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai, which have electricity meters and water meters, could soon have cooling meters where in tariff will have a fixed demand charge.
