Team TCIS developed Chotukool, an affordable and portable battery-operated refrigerator that can store daily items like vegetables, juices, and drinks. Chotukool won the 2012 Edison Award Gold prize in the Social Impact category for addressing the need of 80% of Indian families that cannot afford a traditional refrigerator. It weighs only 8.9 kg, runs on a cooling chip and fan like those in computers, and maintains cool temperatures on a 12-volt battery. Priced at only 3,790 INR, Chotukool has the potential to improve lives and standards of living for millions of people in India.
5. Idea
Chotukool, an answer
to the prayers of
millions of Indians.
An economic, effective,
portable, battery
operated refrigerator-
improving the lives of
millions.
It can store daily items
like vegetables, juices,
drinks etc. It does not
have a compressor.
6. Features
The refrigerator weighs only 8.9
kg.
Runs on a cooling chip that and a
fan similar to those used to cool
computers.
It maintains a cool temperature on
a 12-volt DC current or an external
battery
The unconventional opening
ensures cold air settles down in
the cabinet to minimize heat loss
and power consumption.
Priced at 3790 INR only.
8. STRENGTHS
WEAKNESS
Economic
Not the best cooling
Portable
Less storage space
Environment friendly
Boon to millions of people, improving
standard of living.
SWOT
OPPORTUNITIES
Large untapped market THREAT
Better marketing and Breakthrough technology in
promotion refrigeration from competitors.
Add picEver imagined how it is to live without a refrigerator?
based on a thermoelectric chipThe operational cost is low the refrigerator consumes half the power consumed by regular refrigerators.The unit is highly portable, with 45 liters of volume inside a fully plastic body weighing less than 10 pounds.