Revolutionize Cooling with your Innovation Challenge (India)

Themes

• Designing Next Generation Room AC PCBAs and Controllers
• Innovative Heat Exchangers
• Alternative Compressor Technologies
• Eco-Friendly Sandwich Cold Room Panels

Problem Statement

• Designing Next Generation Room AC PCBAs and Controllers
  • Create local solutions for durable, cost-effective printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and controllers for addressing the challenges that ACs in India face wide temperature, power fluctuations, and high humidity.
• Innovative Heat Exchangers
  • Develop innovative heat exchangers as compact units to address growing demand for energy-efficiency and fulfilling stricter regulations that demand better refrigerants to lower global warming potential. Copper and aluminum are used dominantly but face cost & availability fluctuations.
• Alternative Compressor Technologies
  • Develop alternative compressor technologies that are more efficient, make less noise and can perform well under India’s climate extremes. At the same time, reduce reliance on imported compressors as many rotary/scroll compressors are imported, adding to cost and supply chain risks.
• Eco-Friendly Sandwich Cold Room Panels
  • Develop eco-friendly Sandwich Cold Room Panels given that the conventional panels use blowing agents like 141b that have higher environmental impact and that there is scarcity of domestically produced high-performance insulation options.

Funding Information

• Fiscal Incentives
  • Cash prize of ₹10,00,000 for the most impactful solution per problem statement
• Non-Fiscal Incentives
  • Provide necessary training to the potential start-ups.
  • Provide access to their laboratories.
  • If the products developed are successful, the start-ups will become Blue Star’s vendors with assured business volume.

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to all start-ups registered on the startup India portal.
• Solutions developed by start-ups must be designed specifically for HVAC&R application

Procedure Post Submission

• Step 1: Initial Submission
  • Submit your completed challenge form including:
  • Team introduction and startup operational capabilities
  • Company and product details
  • Detailed innovation description
  • All supporting documentation and additional information
• Step 2: Shortlisting Phase
  • If selected, you will:
  • Submit product samples for physical inspection and assessment
  • Respond to in-depth questions about your strategy, solutions, and potential
• Step 3: Final Selection
  • Qualified startups will:
  • Present a final pitch on DEMO day
  • Receive results announcement on the same day

For more information, visit Blue Star Limited.