Green design is becoming more and more relevant in the present scenario. Green design is to develop more environment effective products and processes. There are many developments seen happening in the usage of renewable sources of energy for common usage purposes. Go Green was the concept kept in mind throughout the time project was carried out.

There are different ways of carrying water, and different types of bags and containers are used all over the world. There are some of the natural water containers that can cool water through evaporative cooling.
 

The project - Elaneer - Natural Water Cooler deals with the effective usage of green energy in the product which solves one or more Design opportunities provided.

While designing the thought was:
• To develop a natural cooler with bare minimum cost which can be useful for the lower class of people as they are not able to own a refrigerator or a cooler.
• It should be cost effective, simple in design, easy to transport and can have the same experience and quality of the other products in this product range.

The final Brand name for the product chosen as ElaNeer where:
• Elam means cool and
• Neer means water.

Fresh Coconut water is referred as ElaNeer in Malayalam language.

ElaNeer is a range of products which serves as a natural water cooler as its primary function and it creates different aesthetic and experience to the people. Each product is developed with proper metaphor and the product is well communicative and simple in nature. ElaNeer water coolers will add a mark to Green design happening all over the world and serves its purpose.

The future scope of ElaNeer is very wide open. There are lots of products that can be developed by using this concept. ElaNeer - Cost effective can be further developed as a water purifier and water cooler by adding filter candles which are cheaply available.
 

Initial Briefing:
Green design is becoming more and more relevant in the present scenario, many developments are happening in the usage of renewable sources of energy for common purposes. The products which can sustain itself by using green energy are the future, human kind is looking at.

Project is dealing with the effective use of green energy in the product which solves one or more Design opportunities provided.

Keywords:
Green energy, Renewable, Kitchen, Environmental, Public places, Efficiency

Framework:
The thesis is carried out in the following framework.

"Go Green" was the concept through which the thesis is continued its journey through out.
a. Research phase
b. Converging Phase
c. Design phase

a. Research phase:
The main aim of this phase was to explore in the area of different types of green energy and techniques in green design projects. The following were the actions carried out at this phase:

• Study about the energy sources available.
• Study about the green energy, its sources, usage etc.
• Mind mapping and brain storming with friends.
• Study about the traditional methods of using green energy in different products in the world.
• Checking various design opportunities of my project application.

Methods adopted:
- Literature study
• Googling
• Referring from books and articles
• Conversations with friends and professors
• Conversation with elder people Output - Initial design brief

b. Converging Phase:
Till this phase the area of concentration was very wide and have to narrow down my area of work and to concentrate on one idea or one source through which the design process is to be developed. The following actions were carried out during this phase:

• Traditional methods of cooling water.
• Research about water carrying bags.
• Principle and physics behind the water cooling technique.
• Material study. e.Material testing. f. Material finalization.

Methods adopted:
- Literature study
• Googling
• Referring from books and articles
• Conversation with elder people
• Conversations with professors and friends
 

c. Design phase:
At this point the area of concentration of my project was finalized on water cooling without using any external energy and the main material of concentration is freeze as Canvas which can store water (Davidi).
The following were the actions carried out in this phase:
• Scenario development
• Developing project areas,
• Finalizing project areas,
• Concept generations,
• Concept finalizations,
• Design stage,
• Product name explorations and finalization.

Case Study Downloads:
Elaneer - Natural Water Cooler - pdf