Eco India: How the pattern of a beehive inspired the design for an affordable, natural air cooler
Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. Our top story this week looks at an elegant and energy-efficient cooling system that uses cylindrical terracotta cones, arranged in a beehive pattern, over which water is allowed to flow. Could this technology potentially replace electric refrigerant-based AC units?
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To everyone in the education department, this is what you should teach and train the youth of India .
@sahilbalani9177
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@sahilbalani9177
2 жыл бұрын
@@sha8155 atleast they can understand basics
@diwanthalakshan8877
Ай бұрын
😀@@sahilbalani9177
@mitesh8utube
24 күн бұрын
This is dumb. Everything these clay pipes do (provide surface for evaporative cooling) can be done 10 times better by same size aspen shavings cooling pad. It's more natural, involves no combustion or labour and is far more cheaper.
This design isn't a new concept. It's elementary passive cooling. Thanks for posting this, perhaps more people will start to understand that simplicity is almost always better.
@philgiglio7922
10 ай бұрын
It works great if the humidity is low to begin with...but if the humidity is 80 or 90 percent to begin with its useless. I know. I've tried it here in north Florida
@Shashjosh1100
5 ай бұрын
The interest is not how innovative the design is but how it’s being adapted to this area and employing many people in the process
Leonardo DiCaprio tweeted about this.
@marydsouza9743
4 жыл бұрын
Quite innovative!
@Shan1442
4 жыл бұрын
what animal it is leonardo carpio ?? fish or leopard
@kundanpatil3133
4 жыл бұрын
@@Shan1442 😂😂😂😂
@Calvin2030
4 жыл бұрын
bhatt_chetan it's a food😈
@TeRauhina10
4 жыл бұрын
@@Shan1442 lionardo dicrapio
I have visited DEKI premises. Kudos to Deki for giving opportunity to them.
Design is same as honey comb structure used in chiller,cooling tower .if the diameter of tube is reduced to 1/2 inch it will be more effective and can reduce your temperature to a great extent.i have also seen some African village use plastic bottle to cool their rooom,designer can take reference of that design and try it.good luck guys
@rockzilla1001
4 жыл бұрын
Making such small tube will be difficult. But cones will be much easy.
@shrinivasprabhakaran
4 жыл бұрын
Correct , infact Bangladesh had used plastic bottles to create the pressure reduction and blow cool air
@sohailsubscriber
4 жыл бұрын
Room will be more darker if the diameter reduced.
@swadhinjyoti8876
4 жыл бұрын
What is the temperature of water?
@sanjaykadam8161
4 жыл бұрын
Nice suggestion
Team ANT STUDIO, a common knowledge in yoga is, if you blow air with open mouth on your palm, it will feel warm, but if you pucker you’re lips like blowing a candle and blow into your palm, the air will be cool. Using this knowledge I wonder if you could widen the pot on the end where hot air comes from, and narrow the other end to a smaller hole, it might change the dynamics even more. Agha Khan hospital in Karachi uses this concept of Jaalis made out of concrete, called Jeffries, the temperature is remarkably cool on the inside passages . Most Islamic architecture and ancient temples use this concept. Old house in the deserts use the same narrow in,ets for air to cool the air inside. You guys are amazing!
Going back to the roots. The right way.
Very interesting idea. There is another observation about natural cooling. These tubes seem to be the same diameter, end to end. But when air is compressed, it becomes cooler. A larger intake on the end from where the hot air originates and a narrower diameter on the other, cools air that blows through or is forced through it because the air is compressed. This is used in some areas of Africa by inserting bottles into the walls, the larger diameter facing the outside of the structure and the neck, facing the inside. Pretty cool 😊
@danialtolouee1555
6 ай бұрын
When air is compressed, the air's pressure and temperature increase as the volume of the space containing air decreases. By pushing air into a smaller space, we force it to become hotter and more pressurized
Living in Harmony with the nature will lead us a long way !! I wish our architects change their mindset and shift towards working in sync with nature... Afterall.. architects will need oxygen too 🙃 I Request everyone to do a bit for nature possible on your level 🙏😊♥️
This works on the same principle as the evaporative coolers. They are called swamp coolers in America and work best in dry climates because of the humidity they add to the air.
@ms.err0r530
3 ай бұрын
Except swamp coolers use that grass stuff.
@ms.err0r530
3 ай бұрын
Also this doesn’t require power.
@user-oz3hs9nh4z
3 ай бұрын
@@ms.err0r530 Burlap
@lonesomefencesitter3186
2 ай бұрын
@@ms.err0r530 it require flowing water, if there is no flowing water, you have to use power for water pump. the concept is similar. some use straw, some simply push the water through shower head, India use the beehive brick,
@YakrifZee
Ай бұрын
@lonesomefencesitter3186 India doesn't use the behive design. It uses wood grass or the newer plastic hexagonal pads. This ceramic thing is more of a shark tank thing
I love how beautifully you people captured the traditional pottery art ❤️😍
Using the honeycomb to inspire this design is wonderful! Nature has so much to teach us!
@joelstiffarm2996
Жыл бұрын
It's a swamp cooler, chill
It is interesting that the designer says "we always look towards the WEST for good ideas to do things wisely." Or something like that he said. Personally, I always look at what the people from INDIA are doing if I want to get ideas that are the MOST INNOVATIVE and LEAST COSTLY. Here in the west, our goal is most often to make MONEY MONEY MONEY.... without much regard for cost efficiency. So... my point is.... be proud of what the India people are accomplishing. Your ideas are often times better than ours.
Proverbs 6:6-9 "Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest." This studio is a success already
We can find all solution in our own roots. Beautiful proven by Ant Studio.
it can perform well. Water circulation is possible only through the pump. And if the falling water is circulated through an underground tank, the temperature can certainly be reduced
9:23 GOLDEN WORDS👌👌
Already discovered and used in Hawa mahal, Jaipur. More scientific research and design problem has to solved.
@cosmefulanito5933
3 жыл бұрын
You need to breaks thermodynamics for this to work. This is not possible.
@rubensmoreno1649
3 жыл бұрын
@@cosmefulanito5933 why?
@srikanthyadav6
Ай бұрын
10:48
The environment stress caused due to AC's is huge and it will have adverse effect on us in near future. Kudos to these guys at Ant Sudios who're working on this, I hope you get a great success and in success of projects like this relies the future of our planet
@alexandergilbert1023
Жыл бұрын
What environmental stresses?
@phoenix_blade
Жыл бұрын
@@alexandergilbert1023 bruhhh. These climatic changes happening and rise of normal temperature is the main effect. Also it releases cfc's which is harmful for ozone
@alexandergilbert1023
Жыл бұрын
@@phoenix_blade en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbon#Phasing-out_of_CFCs
@TheBaldr
10 ай бұрын
@@alexandergilbert1023 CFC have been banned for over 45 years in 95% of the world. So again what environment stress do AC's cause? The natural cooler does not work in most hot places in the world due to high humidity.
@UsenameTakenWasTaken
10 ай бұрын
@@alexandergilbert1023 Power usage in places that shouldn't exist like Phoenix Arizona, mostly. However, most climate change is not caused directly by consumers, but rather by industrial corporations that waste vast amounts of resources in order to streamline prophits to present their investors with the illusion of infinite growth.
Love your series of Eco India, it is inspiring and showcasing out of the box solution for the today problems.
In our old home, approximately 25 years back.... Before sleeping we used to sprinkle water on the floor, and the pardahs were of very very thin cloth which would drench with water. So the room used to become cool with fan helping as well. Now we got A/C. Old problem new solution. Hopefully you guys get a break through.
@gokugopala1984
2 ай бұрын
my mom told me, they used to sprinkle water on the floor and run fans to get a good night sleep during summer, same as you said.
THANK YOU. The world needs much more of this. Old tech isn't useless.
Please add a "Part 2" that discusses water sources/input & output while conserving water. Ex: closed circulating systems, passive to active pumping spectrum, vs harvesting new water from air etc.. Ways to cool the water for reuse are plentiful, but info about diy using primitive/cheap/accessible materials takes more ingenuity for the teacher to navigate "market driven" platforms such that getting knowledge like this into the hands of the average individual can support the time & effort of folks who teach things like you have here. Ty. Keep up the good work 👍
Hell to these AC They always give serious head ache I loose my patience every time i switch them on And hell to those promoter and developer who failed to recognise Architects like Sanjay prakash Chiranjeet Shah and many more who are practicing Solar passive Architecture. I feel much comfort in my Adobe house, and i am planning to construct one for myself. People who came to know about my plan, they said your wife will leave you for always.😆
This stuff is so important and if really people are given awareness it can bring a great shift !! Hats off scroll in and these innovators man 🙌 we think that there's no solution but these people have them and this can bring massive changes to take this country and environment to a whole new level 👌👌😃😃
@HafeezKhan-xl6rl
9 ай бұрын
This person the son of soul Re rises his head to recall the memory of old forgetted Salution for todays big problem of threatening temperature to live So he deserves highest award with appreciation from government in power and adapt on government level the old tested ways to make whole population lifes to ease from threatening temperature which is day by day increasing resultant billions of rupee will be saved + save the poter making community of India they are very buetiful people and having golden hands but neglected by modern technology which is now proving failed relating to temperature rise air-condition is also increasing temperature of local envoinment for other peoples ALLAH BLESS this person for his very good inciative 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for sharing this. We must become an inspiration for the world instead of following the world blindly and loosing our rich culture. 🙏
@indiegenre9333
4 жыл бұрын
Whats cultural about this? Earthern pots?
@nitipriyasingh1387
4 жыл бұрын
@@indiegenre9333 the culture of age old techniques of using leaf plates, khadi cotton n bamboo clothes, traditional ayurvedic medicines, in short overall living of a human should be in sync with nature(such as in our villages we still follow couple of age old things.. cow dung floors, clay houses, clay roof top,) and using traditional ways to increase cooling. Using earthen pots for water storage and tea / coffee /water consumption. It's not long ago that we had clay pots in all stations for tea coffee suddenly plastic replaced every thing and now again govt has banned plastic but it will take time.we have choosen convienece for ourselves which is causing harm to planet and us. The sir quality is going down, the land n sea is full of plastics and clothes that don't decay. We all need to act now afterall its our home, we all belong to earth. Planet doesn't belong to a religion or race, as humans we have captured it so we all must protect ourselves and our planet. We are suppose to be guardians not destroyers. We are killing ourselves and trying to look new life on new planets to settle down in future that's so ridiculous. First we must take ownership and act responsibly. 🙏😊.
soil, water, wood, are natural and cool itself to remove heat... wood does both the jobs, in Winter it warms the house, in summer it cools the house without spending any xtra penny...
This is simply superb. This is what schools need to teach!!!
What a brilliant idea from India,,,it's very very practical eco friendly ❤🙏
wonderful guyz i would like to have this in future in my Villa😬
You brought Man made Waterfall into the our lives and we thank you for this.
That's so 'cool'.. great work..
@sagek7949
4 жыл бұрын
CHINMAY KULKARNI I see what you did there.
Questions this video should have answered: 1) How does the honeycomb method compare with bamboo-shoot based coolers, which also use evaporative cooling? 2) More explanation on how air-conditioners make the microsystem worse. Keeping the window open also performs transfer of heat. The only difference is that air conditioners use energy to do so. But that is a factor at the macro level - not micro.
I stopped using the cooling part of the air-con years ago, I open up the house during the summer and only run the fan now, since doing this the house has become cooler by just moving the air around but not cooling it. Now when walking past the outlet there is no heat coming from it. The Summer temps where I live can reach over 50°c during the hight of summer, I have also adopted the Spanish way of living by having a nap at the peek of the heat once past that point it starts cooling down enough that I can go back out side and do more Gardning or more work inside. I like the idea of the water over the tiles, this would work for my home by having one at the back of the house and one at the front, it will have the added benefit of the water being a natural sound barrier to road noise and just many from the next door neighbour who just can not talk softly when on the phone, I can hear her even when I’m in the back yard and the house is between us😳😳
@gokugopala1984
2 ай бұрын
yes , i am also suffering from noisy neighbours, the lady and man of the house, both are loud, lady is louder 🤣
Scroll.in good job. Please promote this everywhere in India. It's gonna widely be accepted
First class, Thank you team for the effort. Please do the needful to change our towns and cities with this technique.
Thank you so much you guys made my Sunday from last few days I eagerly waiting for your videos thank you so much
@ghoztfreak4242
4 жыл бұрын
SWATI SONAWANE i am glad u liked...keep watching swati
Great work. I would like to know about water consumption. You have to understand water is scarce.
@HoneyBadgerz
4 жыл бұрын
I think it works exactly like Water cooler...the water gets recycled
@nitipriyasingh1387
4 жыл бұрын
Water is not scarce we are making it scarce.
@tanulrawat9547
4 жыл бұрын
@@HoneyBadgerz i am talking about water evaporative loss.
@HoneyBadgerz
4 жыл бұрын
@@tanulrawat9547 Ah!! My bad... The don't think availability of water is a problem...one can use non-drinking water for this purpose
@rakeshsheokand5996
4 жыл бұрын
The water doesn't need to be potable water. So even the waste water with little treatment should be used
Evaporative Coolers have been around FOREVER. The US sold them as "Humidifiers" many ages ago. They work well... up until the Air becomes fully saturated with Moisture. At that point, they no longer can Cool... because the air wont accept any more moisture. The idea that you could just make a boatload of waterfalls to cool everyone down... also presents its own Eco issues... as that can lead to massive weather changes... in which the areas get so saturated with moisture, that it causes massive flooding in various other areas, when it rains all of that moisture back down to Earth. The best Eco solution, is not to scrap the AC units.. but instead, to increase the Insulation properties of every building... because most Heating and Cooling are LOST, due to Thermals Leaking. Thicker insulated walls + insulated ceilings. Much thicker Glass windows to prevent conductive losses (and making things much quieter to boot). As well as putting the masses of Apartments, and businesses, Under Ground, where the temps are Naturally much cooler, and much more Stable. (This could also solve issues with having to Plowing and shovel Snow). It would also prevent issues of degradation of cars Rusting, to the salted roads. This would also allow for larger scale farming, and various kinds of green parks, on the surface.
beautiful ! congratulations from France
a great information and knowledge i think we all should work towards nature to fight climate change and other issues
It is a very simple and effective idea for reducing the temperature of earth... Very good idea Sir.... Thank you so much for this vedio 👍
Great idea and innovation. One step towards saving Earth! 🌍♻️🌲
@GovindSingh-jk1rb
4 жыл бұрын
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Try joining an air pipe that goes via all the 800 mud pieces 1by 1..then carry hot 🔥 air to the next adjoining mud pipe (throwing the air on mud base.. cooling it) Repeating this process 800 times. The air that'll come out will be stone cold ❄ . An interconnected web pipe of 800 wet mud pipe/structure. Just make sure air doesn't pass through the hollow mud pipe. It should BANG on 1 or both walls preferably. You'll figure it out.
Great work by your team bring always this stories from our different states 😊
This is not only in India a lot of people worldwide are talking about it but the market and as well the governments are promoting the things by which they can make more and more money.
Most beautiful idea Monish. Your work will be appreciated and rewarded!
Wow 🐝 Bee Hives Natural inspires Using Clay , Soil to natural cooler 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
it might not be perfect for all kind of climatic conditions as most of the people are talkinh about .. but this kind of research should be promoted .. prototypes once turns into innovations 🖒
Absolutely incredible! This message should reach masses .
@GovindSingh-jk1rb
4 жыл бұрын
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This is called Jugaaaaadddddd.............. Its efficiency is limited to certain temperature and humidity.
@aryamasingh3676
4 жыл бұрын
BOB MINION Jugaad is actually india’s method of reduce ,reuse and recycle. Its actually very good .
Great to showing us, bcs now popular in malaysia about your traditional air cooler 🥰
Very informative vdo we appriciate your work keep it up
Wonderful!🌬🙏
Fascinating idea. Desert coolers are an example too, but use electricity which fails the purpose. Brilliant observation of how ants build. This idea in our countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh etc would thrive because we have this pottery craft of centuries and the potters. What a mind opener. Thankyou🙏🏼
A wonderful idea , hat's off to you sir
It was a great eye opener video for all those people who use AC's all the time .
@VishnuNairsprofile
4 жыл бұрын
Ananya Gaur you think ACs cause global warming? If an ACs outdoor unit is producing heat then the indoor unit is cooling it too. Automobiles and fossil fuels cause more global warming than all the others combined.
@ananyagaur9059
4 жыл бұрын
@@VishnuNairsprofile I think so
@ananyagaur9059
4 жыл бұрын
@@VishnuNairsprofile cause Refrigerant is not toxic unless it's burned then it becomes phosgene gas. Similar to mustard gas. It was responsible for 85% of chemical-weapons fatalities during World War I. As for it being leaked into your living space, the average AC doesn't contain enough refrigerant to cause any harm. The gas itself is not toxic.
@ananyagaur9059
4 жыл бұрын
@@VishnuNairsprofile any further questions?
@ananyagaur9059
4 жыл бұрын
@@VishnuNairsprofile I also have some proof - Chennai Family Dies After Gas Leak from Faulty AC: 10
I love this idea and it’s very beautiful too 🐝 🐝
Excellent work guys👍👌
love the design it's a passive cooling
I thought of installing it in my home, then I realised, I don't have the real estate for it. 😕😕
Excellent presentation. I learned something valuable.
Greater for environment.❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful & brilliant
This is amazing!!!
I've been also keen interested in evaporative cooling and how our daily life cooler works and attended many conferences. What i've learned that evaporative cooler works well to reduce the temp but in all the designs air comes in contact with water droplets directly in mid air which increases the humidity higher than what it should be for our skin and that is also a major challenge in evaporative cooler
@Paul-vo4ze
Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about this and wondering whether a chimney type system would be the best way to remove the warmer damp air generated. We’d have to redesign our homes completely for this type of system..
@kathyl9222
Жыл бұрын
They tend to be better suited for dry heat where you want more moisture in the air
*Please mention - Control of carbon footprint too.* 👍👍👍
I am going to show this video to my class. I hope you get more viewerships from us later.
Great perspective. Good luck for a huge success Tammudu.
Impressive work sir. Keep the good work up
Wow...superb
😍😍😍 really this is evo friendly happy environment day
Just wow! 😍
This works on the same principle as ollas, which are Peruvian/Inca clay pots used to cool the ambient air. Because they were sun dried, the clay contains many tiny pores. When water is put in the pots, it slowly oozes out of those pores and coats the outside of the pot in many tiny waterdrops, which then evaporize and take away the ambient hear. They are hung from ropes, usually from the rafters of overhanging roofs on porches. The ollas, the shadow of the porch and the breeze will cool the air down significantly. This clay pipe hive system is clever. Simple. Like ollas. I see a simple addition to this system that could markedly improve it's performance though: Now, it's just a bundle of straight, clay tubes. If you put a twist in them, turning them into a bundle of spiraling clay tubes, the hot air passing through them would come into contact with the walls of the clay tube much more often and for much longer. That would significantly increase the cooling effect of this system. Just that twist.
Great work . Narrow and longer tube may help more ..
Scroll please bring back morning fix. It was my lifeline.
@indiegenre9333
4 жыл бұрын
Well did you pay?
I am working in Allready Energy Saving project and i have also done Energy Saving work at a lot of plants
Wow..👌
Great video but I would have appreciated a detailed explanation of how the beehive pattern works, not just an overview.
@sagarsingh6101
3 жыл бұрын
Aggred
@wafflebeaver
2 жыл бұрын
I wish I was intelligent enough to understand it
@sunilbestha7719
2 жыл бұрын
So that u can patent it
@madeleyinc
Жыл бұрын
I thought it was obvious.
Wow awesome 👍 great job 👍👏👏👌
V. Interesting to see as invention that has been already used by our ansisters in past.
Evaporative cooling is great! Pretty cool to have seen it being used to cool PC's in the early 2000's 👍👍
Excellent it's new technology
Definitely better at looking at Indias past heritage for solutions🙏
लय भारी..!!
Can it be possible built as a wall perimeter for residential housing?
Wonderful how Cool!
As a ceramics person, I must ask about the humidity levels in the buildings that utilize this cooling method?
This is a great idea. Would someone comment on if this would work in a high humidy place like here in Japan? Thank you in advance 4 the reply.
Our old Indian civilization already do those things, we just copy those things and make new things .. Proud to be a Bharatya
Air conditioning contribute greatly to urban heat island. The best way to use this kind of evaporative cooler is first to make all big building use central cooling, not unit. It is more efficient, and this method can be implemented more efficiently.
It is old. In the Caribbean, it is called decorative blocks. The clay blocks had the openings at a down angle so it blocked the view from out side.
I wish you'd kindly include a transcript: it's a bit difficult to understand all of it. (For example, at approx 5:01, the sixty degree part seems quite impossible )😊 Thank you very much for creating videos that inspire. 🍃✨🦋
Very interesting. The concept seems to have come from our traditional jaffries seen all around the mogul structures in India and Pakistan. The aga khan hospital in Karachi interesting,y has also used the same concept of Jeffrey walls keeping the air fresh and cool. Your idea is also wonderful and worth trying out
A wonderful basis for other ideas, but Ant Studios will have to invent something really quickly to make the buildings, as seen in the video, something viable and effective. I hope, 2 years on they have thought of something ! Good luck !
So how this is different from Desert Cooler, means they also works on the same principal \
Wonderful
Yeah I heard.. an amazing project
I love clay works
Excellent