Abstract:
The project's aim is to propose a compact & unobtrusive personal cooling unit which
promotes healthy breathing for the emerging young adults of the upper middle
class of Pakistan; who tend to live alone or in shared rooms. The unit is called AURA
and it reduces the problems faced by users in the already existing evaporative
coolers and other cooling units such as ACs; and is intuitive and app-controlled. It
caters to the niche existing in the local market where there is no middle point
between evaporative coolers and Air Conditioners in terms of aesthetics, usage and
price. At the same time it is a highly sustainable product, not only in terms of
environment but also in terms of the sustainability of human health as well as
vernacular traditions.
