Energy Efficiency Researcher

Sandeep Kachhawa is an energy efficiency researcher with more than ten years of experience in research and policy advisory. Sandeep's research targets building energy efficiency and cold chains, wherein he has conducted qualitative and quantitive studies while collaborating with businesses, government, and civil society. Sandeep has co-authored various 'cooling' focused studies including the draft District Cooling Guidelines for India. He has contributed to the space cooling in buildings and cold chain & refrigeration chapters of the India Cooling Action Plan, the first-of-its-kind cooling action plan in the world. While working closely with NITI Aayog and BEE, he helped conceptualize India's periodic State Energy Efficiency Index, which assesses states' energy efficiency policies and programs and serves as a benchmark for states efforts and achievements. He has authored/co-authored multiple research papers, including making a case for adaptive thermal comfort, decoding India's residential and commercial building stock characteristics, rethinking ECBC implementation in states and cities, evaluation framework for assessing state-level energy efficiency implementation, and policy & technology roadmap for retrofitting/modernizing cold storages in India. Sandeep is a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) and has helped improve the energy performance of many large commercial and mixed-use buildings in India. He is a Mechanical Engineer and has a Master's in Energy Engineering from MNIT Jaipur.