This paper presents a new heat transfer configuration for exothermic batch-jacketed reactors. The proposed design for the heat transfer scheme comprises an additional heat exchanger in the jacket-cooling loop. A detailed comparison study considering the new concept and the conventional process is presented in terms of energetic efficiency (refrigerated fluid consumption per batch cycle) and process control (control of reaction temperature). The simulation results of the new heat transfer configuration show a substantial decrease in the total volume of refrigerated fluid injected in the cooling loop, whereas the process control performance was practically unaffected.